Globalised Minds, Roots in the City

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

Autorentext

Alberta Andreotti is Research Fellow in Economic
Sociology at the Department of Sociology at the University of
Milan-Bicocca and Associate member of the "Cities Are Back in
Town" research group, based at Sciences Po, Paris.

Patrick Le Galès is CNRS Research Professor of
Politics and Sociology at Sciences Po Paris, Centre
d'études Européennes and Co-Chair of the
"Cities Are Back in Town" research group.

Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes is Research Fellow at the
Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CSIC).

Zusammenfassung

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

Inhalt
Front Matter (pages ixi)

Introduction (pages 114)

Chapter 1 Comparing Upper-Middle-Class Managers in Four Cities (pages 1559)

Chapter 2 Managers in the City (pages 60106)

Chapter 3 Three Ways of Living in a Globalised World (pages 107148)

Chapter 4 Managers' Social Networks (pages 149172)

Conclusion (pages 173188)

Bibliography (pages 189207)

Methodological Appendix (pages 208212)

Questionnaire (pages 213240)

Index (pages 241245)