Iain Macrury

London After Recession

A Fictitious Capital?
Herausgeber: Poynter, Gavin

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Produktbeschreibung

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, contributors evaluate different dimensions of the city's current and future development through analyses derived from sociological, economic, cultural and urban studies perspectives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 742g
• ISBN-13: 9781409431022
• ISBN-10: 1409431029
• Artikelnr.: 45163553

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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?