Life in an Alpha Territory: Discontinuity and conflict in an elite London ‘village’

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 3139-3154

  Webber, Richard ^a   Burrows, Roger ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

elites; geodemographics; housing; London; neighbourhood; Piketty

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ELITE POLITICS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LIFESTYLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CITY OF LONDON; ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84960516725     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015612983     Document Type: Article

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