Jan Rath

Jan Rath is a Dutch social scientist. He holds a chair in Urban Sociology in the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Rath has contributed to the study of urban structures and processes, as well as their ethnic and religious dimensions, as well as topics such as urban economies, entrepreneurship and business development, commercial gentrification, informalization, and urban public space.

Selected publications

Journal articles

• Hagemans, I., A. Hendriks, J. Rath and S. Zukin (2015) ‘From greengrocers to cafés. Producing social diversity in Amsterdam’, pp. 90—119 in S. Zukin, Ph. Kasinitz and X. Chen, and research partners. Global Cities, Local Streets: Everyday Diversity from New York to Shanghai. New York: Routledge.
• Hiebert, D., J. Rath & S. Vertovec (2014) ‘Urban Markets and Diversity: Toward a Research Agenda’, Ethnic and Racial Studies. 38 (1), pp. 5-21, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2014.953969
• Hiebert, D., J. Rath & S. Vertovec (2014) Urban Markets and Diversity: Toward a Research Agenda. MMG Working Paper 14-06. Göttingen: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity.
• Kloosterman, R. and J. Rath (2014) ‘Immigrant Entrepreneurship’, pp. 195-225 in M. Martiniello and J. Rath (eds), An Introduction to Immigrant Incorporation Studies. European Perspectives. IMISCOE Textbook Series 3. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
• Rath, J, (2009) ‘The Netherlands. A reluctant country of immigration’, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 100 (5), pp. 665–672. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00579.x

Books and special issues

• Martiniello, M. and J. Rath (eds) (2014) An Introduction to Immigrant Incorporation Studies: European Perspectives. IMISCOE Textbook Series 3. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
• Foner, N., J. Rath, J.W. Duyvendak and R. van Reekum (eds) (2014) New York and Amsterdam. Immigration and the New Urban Landscape. New York: New York University Press.
• Martiniello, M. and J. Rath (eds) (2012) An Introduction to International Migration Studies: European Perspectives. IMISCOE Textbook Series 2. Amsterdam; Amsterdam University Press.
• Aytar, V. and J. Rath (eds) (2012) Selling Ethnic Neighborhoods: The Rise of Neighborhoods as Places of Leisure and Consumption. New York: Routledge. Routledge Advances in Geography Series.
• Martiniello, M. and J. Rath (eds) (2010) Selected Studies in International Migration and Immigrant Incorporation. IMISCOE Textbook Series 1. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
• Nell, L. and J. Rath (eds) (2009) Ethnic Amsterdam. Immigrants and Urban Change in the Twentieth Century. Solidarity and Identity Series. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
• Rath, J. (ed) (2007) Tourism, Ethnic Diversity and the City. (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility Series). London and New York: Routledge.

References

External links

• Jan Rath's personal website
• University of Amsterdam
• UvA's Department of Sociology
• UvA's Graduate School of Social sciences