Globalised Minds, Roots in the City

Alberta Andreotti is Research Fellow in Economic Sociology at the Department of Sociology at the University of Milan-Bicocca and Associate member of the “Cities Are Back in Town” research group, based at Sciences Po, Paris.Patrick Le Galès is CNRS Research Professor of Politics and Sociology at Sciences Po Paris, Centre d’études Européennes and Co-Chair of the “Cities Are Back in Town” research group.Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes is Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CSIC).

• Front Matter (pages i–xi) Introduction (pages 1–14)  Chapter 1 Comparing Upper-Middle-Class Managers in Four Cities (pages 15–59) Chapter 2 Managers in the City (pages 60–106) Chapter 3 Three Ways of Living in a Globalised World (pages 107–148) Chapter 4 Managers’ Social Networks (pages 149–172) Conclusion (pages 173–188) Bibliography (pages 189–207) Methodological Appendix (pages 208–212)  Questionnaire (pages 213–240) Index (pages 241–245)

"Globalised Minds is absolutely of this moment; it is aware of the political moment of Europe and of the politics of austerity and straining social cohesion in urban contexts. This is a study for our times and an essential insight into the needs and desires of a rather urbane and somewhat grounded fraction of the social elite." (Urban Studies 2016)