La croissance économique sans le progrès social : l’état des lieux à Bruxelles
This article examines the economic and social evolutions in Brussels over the past two decades. Despite favourable economic evolutions during this period, the social situation has continued to deteriorate, with increasingly higher unemployment rates and growing social inequalities. Although this sit...
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| description | This article examines the economic and social evolutions in Brussels over the past two decades. Despite favourable economic evolutions during this period, the social situation has continued to deteriorate, with increasingly higher unemployment rates and growing social inequalities. Although this situation exists in the other major Belgian cities, it is much more pronounced in Brussels. This is due to multiple dynamics, including the evolution of the labour demand towards increassingly higher requirements in terms of skills, which plays an important role by excluding the least qualified people from the labour market. The aggravating role of the spatial concentration of disadvantaged populations – which is especially pronounced in Brussels – is also emphasised. The article ends with a discussion of the pertinence of regional policies, in particular as regards the emphasis placed on the international positioning of Brussels. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-83ed7f99daf147a99556d6cccbb7acf62025-08-20T03:33:53ZengUniversité libre de Bruxelles - ULBBrussels Studies2031-02932011-03-0110.4000/brussels.850La croissance économique sans le progrès social : l’état des lieux à BruxellesGilles Van HammeIsaline WertzValérie BiotThis article examines the economic and social evolutions in Brussels over the past two decades. Despite favourable economic evolutions during this period, the social situation has continued to deteriorate, with increasingly higher unemployment rates and growing social inequalities. Although this situation exists in the other major Belgian cities, it is much more pronounced in Brussels. This is due to multiple dynamics, including the evolution of the labour demand towards increassingly higher requirements in terms of skills, which plays an important role by excluding the least qualified people from the labour market. The aggravating role of the spatial concentration of disadvantaged populations – which is especially pronounced in Brussels – is also emphasised. The article ends with a discussion of the pertinence of regional policies, in particular as regards the emphasis placed on the international positioning of Brussels.http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/850développement économiqueinégalités socialespauvreté |
| spellingShingle | Gilles Van Hamme Isaline Wertz Valérie Biot La croissance économique sans le progrès social : l’état des lieux à Bruxelles Brussels Studies développement économique inégalités sociales pauvreté |
| title | La croissance économique sans le progrès social : l’état des lieux à Bruxelles |
| title_full | La croissance économique sans le progrès social : l’état des lieux à Bruxelles |
| title_fullStr | La croissance économique sans le progrès social : l’état des lieux à Bruxelles |
| title_full_unstemmed | La croissance économique sans le progrès social : l’état des lieux à Bruxelles |
| title_short | La croissance économique sans le progrès social : l’état des lieux à Bruxelles |
| title_sort | la croissance economique sans le progres social l etat des lieux a bruxelles |
| topic | développement économique inégalités sociales pauvreté |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/850 |
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