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Who runs Edinburgh?

McCrone, David (author.).

Summary: This book tells Edinburgh's modern story and unveils its power structure. It examines its politics, its political economy and the rise of its status as Festival city. The book explores arguments about what sort of city Edinburgh should be and what it should look like.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1474498337
  • ISBN: 9781474498333
  • ISBN: 1474498329
  • ISBN: 9781474498326
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 299 pages) : illustrations
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  • Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Restrictions on Access Note:
NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:
In English.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 09, 2022).
Subject: Power (Social sciences) -- Scotland -- Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Politics and government
Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Social life and customs

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