Who Runs Edinburgh? / / David McCrone.

Explores where power and status lie in Edinburgh Looks behind the Edinburgh façade of tourism and festivals Focuses on power and status in the city Examines the social, ethnic and gender dynamics of EdinburghExamines how Edinburgh became Festival CityExplores schools and cultural power Analyses plan...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Architecture and Design 2023
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (299 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • 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