Who Runs Edinburgh?

David McCrone

Who Runs Edinburgh?

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David McCrone, University of Edinburgh

Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press
Online publication date:: October 2023
Print publication year:: 2022
Online ISBN:: 9781474498326

Subjects:: Art, Architecture

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This book, written by a leading sociologist, tells Edinburgh's modern story and unveils its power structure. It examines its politics, formal and informal; its changing political economy; and the rise of its status as Festival city. 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. The book explores arguments about what sort of city Edinburgh should be and what it should look like. It examines planning controversies, from post-war developments through various 'holes in the ground' up to and including The Trams controversy. Studying Edinburgh lets us draw lessons about cities in general, and their roles in the modern world.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

List of Contents
pp v-vi

Figures and Tables
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

1 - Who Runs Edinburgh?
pp 1-23

2 - Politics in Edinburgh
pp 24-50

3 - Winners and Losers: The Political Economy of Edinburgh
pp 51-80

4 - Treading Angels: Edinburgh and its Festivals
pp 81-111

5 - Are You One of Us? Status in the City
pp 112-139

6 - What School did You Go To? Education and Status in Edinburgh
pp 140-167

7 - Enlightened City: Cultural Power and University Life
pp 168-194

8 - Developing Edinburgh: Pies in the Sky, Holes in the Ground
pp 195-223

9 - Lost in Leith: Accounting for Edinburgh’s Trams
pp 224-247

10 - Does Anyone Really Run Edinburgh?
pp 248-278

Bibliography
pp 279-287

Index
pp 288-299

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