Andreotti / Le Galès / Moreno-Fuentes Globalised Minds, Roots in the City

Urban Upper-middle Classes in Europe
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-33077-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Studies in Urban and Social Change

Globalised Minds, Roots in the City utilises empiricalevidence from four European cities to explore the role of urbanupper middle classes in the transformations experienced bycontemporary European societies.
* Presents new empirical evidence collected through an originalcomparative research about professionals and managers in fourEuropean cities in three countries
* Features an innovative combination of approaches, methods, andtechniques in its analyses of European post-national societies
* Reveals how segments of Europe's urban populationare adopting "exit" or "partial exit"strategies in respect to the nation state
* Utilises approaches from classic urban sociology, globalizationand mobility studies, and spatial class analysis
* Includes in depth interviews, social networking techniques, andclassic questions of political representation and values

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andreotti, Alberta

Le Galès, Patrick

Moreno-Fuentes, Francisco Javier

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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)

Über Autor(innen)

Alberta Andreotti is Research Fellow in EconomicSociology at the Department of Sociology at the University ofMilan-Bicocca and Associate member of the "Cities Are Back inTown" research group, based at Sciences Po, Paris.
Patrick Le Galès is CNRS Research Professor ofPolitics and Sociology at Sciences Po Paris, Centred'études Européennes and Co-Chair of the"Cities Are Back in Town" research group.
Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes is Research Fellow at theInstitute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CSIC).