Who Runs Edinburgh? - Couverture souple

McCrone, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1474498310 ISBN 13 : 9781474498319

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2022

Synopsis

This book, written by a leading sociologist, tells Edinburgh's modern story and unveils its power structure. It examines its politics, formal and informal; its changing political economy; and the rise of its status as Festival city. Behind all this lies a complex system of money and culture, of presumed social status tied into a hierarchy of schools and institutions, universities, banks and finance houses. The book explores arguments about what sort of city Edinburgh should be and what it should look like. It examines planning controversies, from post-war developments through various 'holes in the ground' up to and including The Trams controversy. Studying Edinburgh lets us draw lessons about cities in general, and their roles in the modern world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David McCrone is emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh; a Fellow of the British Academy, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He co-founded the university's Institute of Governance in 1999, and has written extensively on the sociology and politics of Scotland, and the comparative study of nationalism. His books include Who Runs Edinburgh? (Edinburgh University Press, 2022), The New Sociology of Scotland (Sage Publications, 2017), and The Sociology of Nationalism: tomorrow's ancestors (Routledge, 1998). He coordinated a series of studies on national identity in Scotland and in England, funded by The Leverhulme Trust, which culminated in his co-authored book Understanding National Identity, published in 2015 by Cambridge University Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474498310
• ISBN 13: 9781474498319
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 299
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible