05590oam 2200709I 450 991045253920332120200520144314.00-415-27932-11-315-01540-41-136-47778-010.4324/9781315015408 (CKB)2550000001117721(EBL)1397173(OCoLC)870590616(SSID)ssj0001171276(PQKBManifestationID)11960356(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001171276(PQKBWorkID)11175962(PQKB)10947022(MiAaPQ)EBC1397173(Au-PeEL)EBL1397173(CaPaEBR)ebr10764293(CaONFJC)MIL518159(OCoLC)861692348(EXLCZ)99255000000111772120180706d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWorking capital life and labour in contemporary London /Nick Buck. [et al.] ; in association with Belinda Brown. [et al.]London ;New York :Routledge,2002.1 online resource (425 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-27931-3 1-299-86908-4 Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-402) and index.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 1950An 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, 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 LondonThe 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 LondonConclusion: Education, Economy and Society in LondonFor 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 strucSocial classesEnglandLondonLaborEnglandLondonLondon (England)Social conditionsLondon (England)Economic conditionsLondon (England)Politics and governmentElectronic books.Social classesLabor306/.09421Buck N. H.1953-129772MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452539203321Working capital2295352UNINA