Globalised Minds, Roots in the City

Urban Upper-middle Classes in Europe

AvAlberta Andreotti,Patrick Le Galès

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

Globalised Minds, Roots in the City utilises empirical evidence from four European cities to explore the role of urban upper middle classes in the transformations experienced by contemporary European societies. Presents new empirical evidence collected through an original comparative research about professionals and managers in four European cities in three countriesFeatures an innovative combination of approaches, methods, and techniques in its analyses of European post-national societiesReveals how segments of Europe’s urban population are adopting “exit” or “partial exit” strategies in respect to the nation stateUtilises approaches from classic urban sociology, globalization and mobility studies, and spatial class analysisIncludes in depth interviews, social networking techniques, and classic questions of political representation and values

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-01-30
Mått:159 x 236 x 20 mm
Vikt:476 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781444334845

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Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Alberta Andreotti is Research Fellow in Economic Sociology at the Department of Sociology at the University of Milan-Bicocca and Associate member of the “Cities Are Back in Town” research group, based at Sciences-Po, Paris.Patrick Le Galès is CNRS Research Professor of Politics and Sociology at Sciences Po Paris, Centre d’études Européennes and Co-Chair of the “Cities Are Back in Town” research group.Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes is Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CSIC).

Innehållsförteckning

Front Matter (pages i–xi) Introduction (pages 1–14) Chapter 1 Comparing Upper-Middle-Class Managers in Four Cities (pages 15–59) Chapter 2 Managers in the City (pages 60–106) Chapter 3 Three Ways of Living in a Globalised World (pages 107–148) Chapter 4 Managers’ Social Networks (pages 149–172) Conclusion (pages 173–188) Bibliography (pages 189–207) Methodological Appendix (pages 208–212) Questionnaire (pages 213–240) Index (pages 241–245)