The middle classes and the city
Subtitle: a study of Paris and London
By: Marie-Hélène Bacqué [and eight others]
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781137332592
Subjects: Middle class; City and town life; Urban Sociology
Description: Based on a large comparative study of different types of neighbourhood (gentrifying and gentrified inner urban, suburban, exurban and gated communities) in both Paris and London, The Middle Classes and the City explores how class intersects with gender, ethnicity, and intergenerational relations in the fragmentation of middle-class lifestyles, as well as identifying their common practices (especially in relation to schooling and gender divisions of labour). It suggests that localized neighbourhood activities, as well social interactions and mobilities across the city as a whole, are used by the middle classes to manage social mix and social reproduction, involving different degrees of competition and compromise.--Provided by publisher
Table of contents: title: The middle classes and the city; title: Locating the middle classes in Paris and London; title: Being middle class; title: Residential choice and representation of place; title: Lived space; title: Staying middle class; title: Changing places; title: Rethinking class and space.