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Author McCrone, David, author

Title Who runs Edinburgh? / David McCrone
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 299 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 09, 2022)
Subject Power (Social sciences) -- Scotland -- Edinburgh
ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-).
Manners and customs
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
European history.
Regional geography.
Urban & municipal planning.
Transport planning & policy.
History.
SUBJECT Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Politics and government
Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Social life and customs
Subject Scotland -- Edinburgh
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781474498326
1474498329
9781474498333
1474498337