David Mccrone

Gebundenes Buch

Who Runs Edinburgh?

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

David McCrone is emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh; a Fellow of the British Academy, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He co-founded the university's Institute of Governance in 1999, and has written extensively on the sociology and politics of Scotland, and the comparative study of nationalism. His books include Who Runs Edinburgh? (Edinburgh University Press, 2022), The New Sociology of Scotland (Sage Publications, 2017), and The Sociology of Nationalism: tomorrow's ancestors (Routledge, 1998). He coordinated a series of studies on national identity in Scotland and in England, funded by The Leverhulme Trust, which culminated in his co-authored book Understanding National Identity, published in 2015 by Cambridge University Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 299
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781474498302
• ISBN-10: 1474498302
• Artikelnr.: 63926070