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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140505103321

Autore

Andreotti Alberta

Titolo

Globalised minds, roots in the city : urban upper-middle classes in Europe / / Alberta Andreotti, Patrick Le Gales and Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015

ISBN

1-118-33077-3

1-118-33079-X

1-118-33078-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Studies in urban and social change

Classificazione

POL033000

Altri autori (Persone)

Le GalèsPatrick

Moreno FuentesFrancisco Javier

Disciplina

305.52094

Soggetti

Upper class - Europe

Middle class - Europe

Professional employees - Europe

Executives - Europe

Classe supérieure

Classe moyenne

Milieu urbain

UE/CE Etats membres

Analyse comparative

EU member State

upper class

middle class

urban sociology

comparative analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Globalised Minds, Roots in the City: Urban Upper-middle Classes in Europe; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Introduction: Globalisation and the Coming Age of New Barbarians?



Upper-Middle Classes in European Cities; Globalisation, Transnationalism and Mobility in European Cities; Does Globalisation Induce 'Exit' Strategies?; Mobility and the Weakening of Local Ties in the Urban Context; Upper-Middle Classes: 'Exit' and Urban Disembeddedness; The 'Partial Exit' and Distance-Proximity Strategies of European Upper-Middle Classes; Structure of the Book; Notes

Chapter 1 Comparing Upper-Middle-Class Managers in Four Cities: A European Social Group in the Making?Searching for the European Upper-Middle Classes: The Choice of European Managers; Professionalisation, the service class debate and the role of culture; National Patterns in the Rise of Managers: France, Italy and Spain; Managers in Four European Cities: Milan, Madrid, Lyon and Paris; Paris Ile de France: France's highest concentration of managers; Lyon: the rise of France's second city in Europe; Madrid: the pro-market capital of a strongly decentralised Spain

Milan: Italy's economic and creative capital Selecting Four Neighbourhoods in Each City; Madrid neighbourhoods; Milan neighbourhoods; Lyon neighbourhoods; Paris neighbourhoods; Who Are These European Managers?; Managers as Modernising Agents; Globalisation is good for you: tensions between markets and state; Marked interest for politics;  relative trust in the state; Liberal Cultural Values: Managers as Post-Industrial Educated Cultural Species; Cultural values and economic interests: tensions in their support of welfare redistribution and immigration

Cosmopolitanism, Europeanisation and Multilayered Identities Managers' feelings towards European integration; Beyond Europe; Conclusions; Notes; Chapter 2 Managers in the City: Rooted and in Control-The Game of Distance and Proximity; Combining Distance and Proximity: Interactions under Control; Choosing a City or a Metropolitan Region: Inheritance, Family Ties and Professional Opportunities; Residential mobility with deep roots; Choosing a city: family first, inherited belonging?; Choosing a 'Good' Neighbourhood Close to Family and Friends; Mixed neighbourhood: no romantic choices

Mixed and central neighbourhoods Mixed and suburban neighbourhoods; No-go areas; Upper-middle-class neighbourhoods: the place to be; Keeping the Social Mix under Control Yet Fearless of the City; More apartments in the centre, more privately owned houses in the suburb, nothing new; Using the city: not much difference between suburban and city-centre inhabitants; Public services: no privatism; School is the exception: intense mobilisation to avoid social mixing; Everyday life: no retreat, using services and enjoying an urban lifestyle; Moving around the city and suburbs

Conclusion: Managers Choosing a Place to Live-Family Ties, Relative Degree of Mixing and Strict Control

Sommario/riassunto

"Globalised 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   "--



"Presents new empirical evidence collected through an original comparative research about professionals and managers in four European cities in three countries"--