Alpha City: How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich by Atkinson, Rowland

Alpha City: How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781788737982)

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Alpha City: How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich by Atkinson, Rowland

Alpha City: How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich

$19.95
Alpha City: How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich by Atkinson, Rowland

Alpha City: How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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How London was bought and sold by the Super-Rich, and what it means for the rest of us

Who owns London? Today, the city is the epicentre of the world's financial markets, an elite cultural hub, and a place to hide one's wealth. In Alpha City, Rowland Atkinson tells the story of eager developers, sovereign wealth, and grasping politicians, all of which paved the way for the plutocratic colonisation of the cityscape. Atkinson moves through the gated communities and the mega-houses of the urban elite, charting how the rich live and their influence on the disturbing rise in evictions and displacements from the city. The book, fully updated, also looks at the capital's prospects in the aftermath of Brexit and the pandemic, showing how the super-rich may capitalise on the crisis, increasing inequality and hardship.

Author: Rowland Atkinson
ISBN-10: 1788737989
ISBN-13: 9781788737982
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2021
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d
By Rowland Atkinson
By Rowland Atkinson
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Rowland Atkinson is Research Chair in Inclusive Societies at the University of Sheffield. His research has focused on the spatial impacts of social inequalities, taking in work on gentrification and displacement, gated communities, public housing and social exclusion, fortress homes and, of course, the super-rich. Seeing the role of social science to bring attention to social problems his work has highlighted the need for social housing and attention to the invisible casualties of complex urban processes. He is the author of Domestic Fortress (with Sarah Blandy) and Urban Criminology (with Gareth Millington).

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