` ... provides valuable insights into how the weird and wonderful workings of the City contribute to shaping London's physical form and determining the quality of urban life. There is a useful message for those who are currently looking to London's future as a dominant global financial centre: don't bank on it.' - Architects' Journal`Global Finance and Urban Living provides a fascinating glimpse of one of the world's premier centres of capital accumulation. For the growing legions of researchers interested in financial capital, this is a volume to be taken seriously.' - Progress in Human Geography

• PART 1: Growth and Dynamics of Financial Markets, 1. London's Financial Markets: Perspectives and Prospects Leonard Stafford 2. London as an International Financial Centre Jerry Coakley 3. Financial Building Blocks in the Context of a Changing National and International Environment Nick Robinson 4. The Private Client Stockbroker Micheal Lenhoff 5. Fraudbusting in London: Developments in the Policing of White Collar Crime Micheal Levi 6. Cultural Contradictions in the Legitimation of Market Practice: Paradox in the Regulation of the City Christopher Stanley 7. Old City and New Times: Economic and Political Aspects of Deregulation Bob Jessop and Rob Stones PART 2: 8. The City as a Landscape of Power: London and New York as Global Financial Capitals Sharon Zukin 9. City Futures Keith Cowlard 10. The Coming of the Groundscrapers Stephanie Williams 11. An Urban Narrative and the Imperatives of the City? Leslie Budd 12. In the Wake of Money: The City of London and the Accumulation of Value Nigel Thrift and Andrew Leyshon 13. Yuppies: A Keyword of the 1980s Sam Whimster 14. Brick Lane: A Village Economy in the Shadow of the City? Chris Rhodes and Nurun Nabi Index