London Voices, London Lives : Tales from a Working Capital


Peter. Hall
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Bristol : : The Policy Press, , 2007.
Omfang
1 online resource (513 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; London Voices London Lives; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One: London Places, London People; 1. Voices from the London Streets; Part Two: London Voices; 2. New Melting Pot; 3. Pressured Proletarian Island; 4. Transit Centre; 5. Airport City; 6. Garden Suburb Challenged; 7. Arcadia under Shadow; 8. Edge Suburb; Part Three: London Lives; 9. Making Ends Meet; 10. Finding a Place; 11. Getting There; 12. Friends and Neighbours; 13. Fearing Crime, Avoiding Crime; 14. Melting the Pot; Part Four: London Futures; 15. Changing the World; 16. Bringing it Together; References. - List of RespondentsIndex. - London Voices, London Lives addresses a question of great current importance for urban policy: what kind of a place is London in the early 21st century, and how does it differ significantly - economically, socially, culturally, in quality of life - from other parts of urban Britain? It addresses these questions in a unique way: over one hundred ordinary Londoners, interviewed in their homes in eight areas across London and the surrounding region, provide their own answers in their own voices.
Emner
Social classes.
Social Conditions
Social Sciences
Sociology & Social History
Storbritannia velferd velferdsstaten arbeid klasse arbeiderklasse fattigdom naboskap bolig kriminalitet
Sjanger
Geografisk emneord
Dewey
ISBN
9781861349835. - 9781861349842

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