Handbook on Wealth and the Super-Rich
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78347-405-9 (ISBN)
the legitimacy of extreme wealth from a moral economic perspective
biographies of illicit super-wealth
London's housing markets
how the very wealthy fly
the environmental consequences of super-rich lives
crafting immigration policies to attract the rich.
Students and scholars studying a host of topics such as development studies, economics, geography, history, political science and sociology will find this book eminently engaging. It will also be of great interest to public commentators, charitable organizations and NGOs concerned with wealth and income distributions.
Contributors: R. Atkinson, J.V. Beaverstock, L. Budd, R. Burrows, L. Crewe, A. Davison, A.D. Dixon, R. Forrest, D.R. Green, S. Hall, T. Hall, I. Hay, I. Kapoor, S.Y. Koh, G. Mangraviti, A. Martin, I.A. Osuoka, A. Owens, R. Palan, C. Paris, D. Rhodes, A. Sayer, P.G. Schervish, S. Schulz, J.R. Short, E. Spence, A. Watson, B. Wissink, M. Woods, A. Zalik
Edited by Iain Hay, Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Australia and Jonathan V. Beaverstock, University of Bristol, UK
Contents:
1. ‘They’ve Never Had it so Good’: The Rise and Rise of the Super-Rich and Wealth Inequality
Jonathan V. Beaverstock and Iain Hay
2. Reconsidering the Super-Rich: Variations, Structural Conditions, and Urban Consequences
Sin Yee Koh, Bart Wissink and Ray Forrest
PART I WEALTH, SELF AND SOCIETY
3. Historical Geographies of Wealth: Opportunities, Institutions and Accumulation, C.1800–1930
Alastair Owens and David R. Green
4. On Plutonomy: Economy, Power and the Wealthy Few in the Second Gilded Age
Iain Hay
5. Interrogating the Legitimacy of Extreme Wealth: A Moral Economic Perspective
Andrew Sayer
6. Billionaire Philanthropy: ‘Decaf Capitalism’
Ilan Kapoor
7. Making Money and Making a Self: The Moral Career of Entrepreneurs
Paul G. Schervish
8. Taking Up Caletrío’s Challenge: Silence and the Construction of Wealth Eliteness in Jamie Johnson’s Documentary Film Born Rich
Sam Schulz and Iain Hay
9. “One Time I’ma Show You How To Get Rich!” Rap Music, Wealth and the Rise of the Hip-Hop Mogul
Allan Watson
10. Biographies of Illicit Super-Wealth
Tim Hall
PART II LIVING WEALTHY
11. Capital City? London’s Housing Markets and the ‘Super-Rich’
Rowland Atkinson, Roger Burrows and David Rhodes
12. The Residential Spaces of the Super-Rich
Chris Paris
13. Reconfiguring Places – Wealth and the Transformation of Rural Areas
Michael Woods
14. Performing Wealth and Status: Observing Super-yachts and the Super-rich in Monaco
Emma Spence
15. Flights of Indulgence (Or How the Very Wealthy Fly): The Aeromobile Patterns and Practices of the Super-Rich
Lucy Budd
16. Looking at Luxury: Consuming Luxury Fashion in Global Cities
Louise Crewe and Amber Martin
17. The Luxury of Nature: The Environmental Consequences of Super-Rich Lives
Aidan Davison
PART III WEALTH AND POWER
18. Attracting Wealth: Crafting Immigration Policy to Attract the Rich
John Rennie Short
19. Sovereign Wealth and the Nation-State
Adam D. Dixon
20. Super-Rich Capitalism: Managing and Preserving Private Wealth Management in the Offshore World
Jonathan V. Beaverstock and Sarah Hall
21. Troubling Tax Havens: Multi-Jurisdictional Arbitrage and Corporate Tax Footprint Reduction
Ronen Palan and Giovanni Mangraviti
22. No Change There! Wealth and Oil
Isaac ‘Asume’ Osuoka and Anna Zalik
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.08.2017 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Cheltenham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken |
| Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78347-405-X / 178347405X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78347-405-9 / 9781783474059 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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