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



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Autore: Andreotti Alberta Visualizza persona
Titolo: Globalised minds, roots in the city : urban upper-middle classes in Europe / / Alberta Andreotti, Patrick Le Gales and Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
Disciplina: 305.52094
Soggetto topico: 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
Classificazione: POL033000
Altri autori: Le GalèsPatrick  
Moreno FuentesFrancisco Javier  
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"--
Titolo autorizzato: Globalised minds, roots in the city  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-118-33077-3
1-118-33079-X
1-118-33078-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910140505103321
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Serie: Studies in Urban and Social Change