Contents:
Contents
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
The Authors
Preface
1. Competition, Cohesion, Governance: The Urban Triangle
London and the New Urban Agenda
Competitiveness, Cohesion and Governance: Issues and Debates
Cities and Competitiveness
Cohesion, Exclusion and Social Capital
Policy Issues and Urban Governance Conclusion: From Theory to Research
2. Spaces and People: Changing Geographies of the Region
Structures and Processes: London and Its Region since 1950
The London of 1950
An Intermediate Geography: London in 1975
The Changed Geography of London 2000
Mapping London's Geographies
The Changing Geography of Employment
Social Structure
House Prices: An Index of Social Change
Social Patterns across the Region: Households, Ethnicity and Deprivation The Eight Localities
Reading and Wokingham (East and Central Reading and Earley)
Hounslow (Heston and Great West Road)
Wandsworth (Battersea and Clapham)
Southwark (Bankside, Bermondsey and Peckham)
Newham (Stratford and Upton Park)
Redbridge (Gants Hill and Ilford)
Greenwich (Charlton and Eltham)
Dartford and Gravesham (Kent Thames-side)
Conclusion: Unpicking the London Puzzle
3. Complex Business: Growth and Volatility in London's Economies
Assessing London's Recent Competitive Performance
Employment Change
Productivity
International Markets
Overall Competitive Performance Instability and Volatility in the Regional Economy
Key Sectors and Clusters
The Economic Base of the Regional Economy
Global City Functions
Capital City Functions
Innovative and Knowledge-based Activities
Cultural Services The Local Economies
Reading (Centre and East)
Hounslow (Great West Road)
Wandsworth (Battersea and Clapham)
The City of London
Southwark (Bankside and Bermondsey)
Newham (Stratford)
Redbridge (Ilford)
Greenwich (Charlton)
Dartford (Thames-side) Social Influences on Business Performance
Labour Supply
Entrepreneurship
Local Networks
Crime and Other Threats
Conclusion: Is London Competitive? 4. More Opportunity, More Inequality: Social Structure and Economic
Change in London
Population Change and Its Consequences
The Changing Ethnic Composition
Occupation and Social Class: Is London a 'Global City'?
Earnings and Incomes in London
The Role of the Housing Market
Commuting
Neighbourhood Change and Social Segregation
Conclusion: Social and Neighbourhood Change in London
5. ''Education, Education, Education': The Role of Schooling in London
Skills and Human Capital
Educational Outcomes and School Performance in the London Region
Socio-economic Influences on School Performance
The School Quality Factor
The Competitive London Schools Market
Parents' Educational Strategies
Effects of the Quasi-Market Further and Higher Education in the Competitive City
Ethnicity, Immigration and Schooling in London
Conclusion: Education, Economy and Society in London
6. Climbing Up, Bumping Down and Flitting Around: London's Dynamic Labour Market
Aggregate Imbalances and Adjustment Processes
Flexibility and Turbulence in the Metropolitan Labour Market
Flexibility and Job Changing in the London Labour Market
Upward Mobility
The Role of Agencies
The Costs and Benefits of Flexibility
Concentrated Unemployment and Its Causes: Discrimination, Recession and Sedimentation
Discrimination
Segregation and Unemployment
Conclusion: London's Distinctive Labour Market
7. Down But Not Out in London: Marginality and Social Exclusion
The Analytical Framework
The Spatial Pattern of Disadvantage
Forms of Poverty and Disadvantage in London
Labour Market Marginality
Poverty
Subjective Poverty and Stress Indicators
Housing
Stress and Isolation
The Persistence of Poverty and Other Measures of Disadvantage
Populations at Risk
The Persistence of Poverty and Other Measures of Disadvantage
Conclusion: Deprivation and Social Exclusion in London
8. How Social is the Capital? Getting By and Getting On in London
Families in London
Friends
Neighbours
Getting Ahead
Trust, Neighbourhood Affiliation and Communities
Social Capital, Civil Society and Governance
Social Capital and the Economy
Social Disorder
Crime
Conclusion: Social Relations in London
9. Things Endure, Things Change: London's Neighbourhoods
Six Kinds of Neighbourhood
The New Melting Pots: Battersea and East Reading
Proletarian Islands Under Pressure: Bermondsey/Peckham
An Area of 'Potential': Upton Park
The Suburb Challenged: Eltham, Heston
The Arcadian Suburb under Shadow: Gants Hill
The Dynamic Edge Suburb: Dartford, Earley Generalities and Commonalities: Dimensions of Neighbourhood Life
Conclusion: Change and Continuity
10. Steering, Rowing, Drowning or Waving? The Modernization of London's Governance
The Modernization Agenda
The Local Authorities and the Modernization Agenda
The Local Authorities and Service Delivery
The Local Authorities: Their Agenda, Policies and Politics
Newham
Southwark
Wandsworth
Greenwich
Hou nslow
Redbridge
Dart ford
Reading and Wokingham
New Governance Organizations: the Mayor, the GLA and the RDAs
Conclusion: From Government to Governance?
11. The Name of Action: Ideas, Commitment and the Agenda for Cities
Answering the Five Key Questions
Is London Special?
Work in Progress: A New Society, A New Sociology
The Role of Policy: Obstacles and Opportunities
Governance: Structures, Operations, Collaboration
Postscript: The Mayor's London Plan
Bibliography
Index