Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. Polarization in Post-Industrial Societies: Social and Economic Roots and Consequences -- Chapter 2. Social Polarization in Post-Industrial London -- Chapter 3. Social Segmentation and Spatial Polarization in Greater Paris -- Chapter 4. Amsterdam: Urban Change and the Welfare State -- Chapter 5. Zürich Goes Global: Economic Restructuring, Social Conflicts and Polarization -- Chapter 6. Intra-Regional Polarization: Cities in the Ruhr Area, Germany -- Chapter 7. Economic Change, Immigration, and Social Polarization in Sydney -- Chapter 8. Resegregation within a Process of Desegregation: Social Polarization in Johannesburg -- Chapter 9. Economic Restructuring and Social Polarization in Toronto -- Chapter 10. New York City: Caribbean Immigration and Residential Segregation in a Restructured Global City -- Chapter 11. Economic Restructuring, Job Opportunities and Black Social Dislocation in Detroit -- Chapter 12. Ethnicity, Class, and the Economic Internationalization of Miami -- References -- Authors and Affiliations -- Subject Index