The Middle Classes and the City

What does it mean to be middle class in contemporary global cities? What do the middle classes do to these cities and what do these cities do to the middle classes? Do the middle classes engage in social mix or are they focused on 'people like us'? Based on comparative study this book explores middle-class identities across Paris and London.

Autorentext
Marie-Hélène Bacqué is Professor of Urban Studies at the University Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France.

Gary Bridge is Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. Michaela Benson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmith's College, University of London, UK.

Tim Butler is Professor of Geography at King's College London, UK.

Eric Charmes is Director of Interdisciplinary Research on City, Space and Society, University of Lyon, France.

Yankel Fijalkow is Professor of Social Science at the Centre de Recherché sur l'Habitat ENSA Paris-Val de Seine, France.

Emma Jackson is Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, UK.

Lydie Launay is Doctor of Sociology at the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France.

Stéphanie Vermeersch is Doctor of Sociology at the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France.

Inhalt

1. The Middle Classes and the City 2. Locating the Middle Classes in Paris and London 3. Being Middle Class 4. Residential Choice and Representation of Place 5. Lived Space 6. Staying Middle Class 7. Changing Places 8. Rethinking Class and Space