Description
Book SynopsisGlobalised 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
Trade Review"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)
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)
