Who runs Edinburgh? / David McCrone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCrone, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 299 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2022]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 Who Runs Edinburgh?

2 Politics in Edinburgh

3 Winners and Losers: The Political Economy of Edinburgh

4 Treading Angels: Edinburgh and its Festivals

5 Are You One of Us? Status in the City

6 What School did You Go To? Education and Status in Edinburgh

7 Enlightened City: Cultural Power and University Life

8 Developing Edinburgh: Pies in the Sky, Holes in the Ground

9 Lost in Leith: Accounting for Edinburgh’s Trams

10 Does Anyone Really Run Edinburgh?

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Oct 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474498333

1474498337

9781474498326

1474498329

OCLC:

1368053077