Who Runs Edinburgh? McCrone David
Who Runs Edinburgh? McCrone David This book, written by a leading sociologist, tells Edinburgh's modern story and unveils its power structure. Behind all this lies a complex system of money and…
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Who Runs Edinburgh? McCrone David
This book, written by a leading sociologist, tells Edinburgh's modern story and unveils its power structure. Behind all this lies a complex system of money and culture, of presumed social status tied into a hierarchy of schools and institutions, universities, banks and finance houses. It examines its politics, formal and informal; its changing political economy; and the rise of its status as Festival city.
It examines planning controversies, from post-war developments through various 'holes in the ground' up to and including The Trams controversy. The book explores arguments about what sort of city Edinburgh should be and what it should look like. Studying Edinburgh lets us draw lessons about cities in general, and their roles in the modern