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OverviewGlobalised 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 countries * Features an innovative combination of approaches, methods, and techniques in its analyses of European post-national societies * Reveals how segments of Europe s urban population are adopting exit or partial exit strategies in respect to the nation state * Utilises approaches from classic urban sociology, globalization and mobility studies, and spatial class analysis * Includes in depth interviews, social networking techniques, and classic questions of political representation and values Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alberta Andreotti , Patrick Le Galès , Francisco Javier Moreno–FuentesPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.00cm Weight: 0.666kg ISBN: 9781118330791ISBN 10: 111833079 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 11 November 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Digital Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsFront 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)Reviews"""Globalised Minds is absolutely of this moment; it is aware of the political moment of Europe and of the politics of austerity and straining social cohesion in urban contexts. This is a study for our times and an essential insight into the needs and desires of a rather urbane and somewhat grounded fraction of the social elite."" (Urban Studies 2016)" Globalised Minds is absolutely of this moment; it is aware of the political moment of Europe and of the politics of austerity and straining social cohesion in urban contexts. This is a study for our times and an essential insight into the needs and desires of a rather urbane and somewhat grounded fraction of the social elite. (Urban Studies 2016) Author InformationAlberta 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 Gales is CNRS Research Professor ofPolitics and Sociology at Sciences Po Paris, Centred etudes Europeennes 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). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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