London After Recession

A Fictitious Capital?
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4094-3102-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 740 g

The City has long been the main generator of London's wealth and, needless to say, the impact of the Economic Crisis in the recent years on the City has greatly affected the wider urban and surrounding region, not to say country as a whole. This book examines the impact of the recession and discusses London's future trajectory as an entrepreneurial city and capital of the United Kingdom. While recognising the enduring capacity of London to 'reinvent' itself - from being the centre of a vast Empire to becoming a global centre for financial and business services - contributors evaluate different dimensions of the city's current and future development through analyses derived from sociological, economic, cultural and urban studies perspectives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macrury, Iain

Poynter, Gavin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: A Fictitious Capital?; 1: Global Cities and Responses to Recession; 1: The Global Recession; 2: New York City's Economy: More than Wall Street?; 3: The Glittering Prizes of Shanghai; 4: Finance and Culture: Twin Towers in London's Lightness of Being; II: Financialisation and London's Economy; 5: Historic Transitions and Circuits in London's Financial Services; 6: Opening and Closing Spaces for Fictitious Capital: The State and Finance Capital in London; 7: London's Financial Services: After the Credit Crunch; 8: The Apprentice: Realities and Fictions for the London Skyline; 9: A Tale of Two Journalisms: Counteracting Tendencies in London's Media; 10: The Real Economy and the Regeneration of East London; 11: Energy; 12: Carbon Trading in the City of Undoing; 13: Music from the Storm Clouds: The Continuing Troubles of the Music Business; 14: Farewell Nathan Barley? The Rise and Decline of the Freelance Creative; 3: Mobility and Social Policy in London; 15: Overcoming the Limits to Travel; 16: Immigration and London's Economy; 17: The Housing Crisis; 18: The Health Service of the Future; 19: Hard Times for Higher Education: Knowledge Economy, Economies of Knowledge; 4: London's Future; 20: The Crisis of Fictitious Capital; 21: Toward a New Urban Economy?

Über Autor(innen)

Gavin Poynter, University of East London, UK, Iain MacRury, University of East London, UK and Andrew Calcut, University of East London, UK.