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UNINA9910790543803321 |
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Titolo |
Working capital : life and labour in contemporary London / / Nick Buck. [et al.] ; in association with Belinda Brown. [et al.] |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-47785-3 |
0-415-27932-1 |
1-315-01540-4 |
1-136-47778-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (425 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social classes - England - London |
Labor - England - London |
London (England) Social conditions |
London (England) Economic conditions |
London (England) Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-402) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover ; Half-title; Dedication ; Title page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; The Authors; Preface; 1 Competition, Cohesion, Governance: The Urban Triangle; London and the New Urban Agenda; Competitiveness, Cohesion and Governance: Issues and Debates; Cities and Competitiveness; Cohesion, Exclusion and Social Capital; Policy Issues and Urban Governance; Conclusion: From Theory to Research; 2 Spaces and People: Changing Geographies of the Region; Structures and Processes: London and Its Region Since 1950; The London of 1950 |
An Intermediate Geography: London in 1975The Changed Geography of London 2000; Mapping London's Geographies; The Changing Geography of Employment; Social Structure; House Prices: An Index of Social Change; Social Patterns Across the Region: Households, Ethnicity and Deprivation; The Eight Localities; Reading/Wokingham (East and Central Reading and Earley); Hounslow (Heston and Great West Road); Wandsworth (Battersea and Clapham); Southwark (Bankside, |
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Bermondsey and Peckha; Newham (Stratford and Upton Park); Redbridge (Gants Hill and Ilford); Greenwich (Charlton and Eltham) |
Dartford/Gravesham (Kent Thames-side)Conclusion: Unpicking the London Puzzle; 3 Complex Business: Growth and Volatility in London's Economies; Assessing London's Recent Competitive Performance; Employment Change; Productivity; International Markets; Overall Competitive Performance; Instability and Volatility in the Regional Economy; Key Sectors and Clusters; The Economic Base of the Regional Economy; Global City Functions; Capital City Functions; Innovative and Knowledge-Based Activities; Cultural Services; The Local Economies; Reading (Centre and East); Hounslow (Great West Road) |
Wandsworth (Battersea and Clapham)The City of London; Southwark (Bankside and Bermondsey); Newham (Stratford); Redbridge (Ilford); Greenwich (Charlton); Dartford (Thames-Side); Social Influences on Business Performance; Labour Supply; Entrepreneurship; Local Networks; Crime and Other Threats; Conclusion: Is London Competitive?; 4 More Opportunity, More Inequality: Social Structure and Economic Change in London; Population Change and Its Consequences; The Changing Ethnic Composition; Occupation and Social Class: Is London a 'Global City'?; Earnings and Incomes in London |
The Role of the Housing MarketCommuting; Neighbourhood Change and Social Segregation; Conclusion: Social and Neighbourhood Change in London; 5 'Education, Education, Education': The Role of Schooling in London; Skills and Human Capital; Educational Outcomes and School Performance in the London Region; Socio-Economic Influences on School Performance; The School Quality Factor; The Competitive London Schools Market; Parents' Educational Strategies; Effects of the Quasi-Market; Further and Higher Education in the Competitive City; Ethnicity, Immigration and Schooling in London |
Conclusion: Education, Economy and Society in London |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For decades the cities of the developed world were seen as problem-beset relics from times of low mobility and slow communications. But now, their potential to sustain creativity, culture and innovation is perceived as crucial to success in a much more competitive global ecomony. The vital requirement to secure and sustain this success is argued to be the achievement of social cohesion.<BR><BR><EM>Working Capital</EM> provides a rigorous but accessible analysis of these key issues taking London as its test case. The book provides the first substantial analysis of key economic, social and struc |
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