Working Capital: Life and Labour in Contemporary London - Softcover

Buck, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415279321 ISBN 13: 9780415279321

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

For decades the cities of the developed world were seen as problem-beset relics from times of low mobility and slow communications. But now, their potential to sustain creativity, culture and innovation is perceived as crucial to success in a much more competitive global ecomony. The vital requirement to secure and sustain this success is argued to be the achievement of social cohesion.

Working Capital provides a rigorous but accessible analysis of these key issues taking London as its test case. The book provides the first substantial analysis of key economic, social and structural issues that the new London administration needs to deal with. In a wider context, its critical assessment of the bases of the new urbanism and of the global city thesis will raise questions both about the adequacy of urban thinking and about the capacity of new institutions alone to resolve the fundamental problems faced by cities.

About this title

About the Author:

Nick Buck is Professor and Associate Direcor of the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, UK. Ian Gordon is Professor of human geography at the London School of Economics, UK and Director of London School of Economics, London. Sir Peter Hall is Bartlett Professor at University College, London, Director of the Institute of Community Studies and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the foremost writer in English on issues of urban developement and planning with 30 books in this field. Michael Harlow is Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Sociology at the University of Salford and a Fellow of the Academy of Learned Socities in the Social Sciences. Mark Kleinman is Professor of International Social Policy at the University of Bristol.

Review:

'Working Capital is an essential read for many people; indeed all involved in the developing the future of London.' - Built Environment

'[An] extensive, thoroughly grounded and well-conducted study of current life and labour in London...
...Working Capital: Life and Labour in Contemporary London approaches critically some of the most-debated concepts of urban theory and policy with a strong empirical grounding and does so in an engaging and stimulating manner, relevant for practitioners, academics and students.' - Gesa Helms, Urban Studies Vol 42, April 2005

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0415279321
• ISBN 13: 9780415279321
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424