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The London Dream tells the story of a city that promises opportunity, excitement and the possibility of prosperity. It is a mythology has launched millions of migrant journeys. No one benefits more from the flow of willed and willing workers than London’s employers. And still, they come. They come to a city propelled by a newly cool capitalism and hungry for workers to serve it. From actors to cleaners, academics to café workers, The London Dream explores the stories of Londoners chasing the dreams offered by the city and the economy within which their precarious hopes become profits.

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Chris McMillan is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Experiential Education at Arcadia University London. His first book, Žižek and Communist Strategy was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2012. Chris' writing has also been published in journals and magazines including The Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies. Chris moved to London from New Zealand in 2010 and lives in Ealing with his wife Victoria and their twins, Hudson and Huxley.

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