TY - BOOK ID - 30940794 TI - Cities and the Super-Rich : Real Estate, Elite Practices and Urban Political Economies AU - Forrest, Ray. AU - Koh, Sin Yee. AU - Wissink, Bart. PY - 2017 SN - 1137548347 113755715X PB - New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Cities and towns KW - Urbanization KW - Rich people KW - Growth KW - Sociology, Urban. KW - Urban economics. KW - Urban Studies/Sociology. KW - Urban Economics. KW - Social Structure, Social Inequality. KW - City economics KW - Economics of cities KW - Economics KW - Urban sociology KW - Economic aspects KW - Social structure. KW - Social inequality. KW - Egalitarianism KW - Inequality KW - Social equality KW - Social inequality KW - Political science KW - Sociology KW - Democracy KW - Liberty KW - Organization, Social KW - Social organization KW - Anthropology KW - Social institutions KW - Equality. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30940794 AB - With the rise of wealth inequalities, our cities are changing dramatically. This collection critically engages with and advances existing debates on the super-rich and their roles in these transformations. An interdisciplinary range of contributions from international experts including sociologists, geographers, historians, discourse analysts, and urban studies specialists reveal crucial aspects of the real estate investment practices of the super-rich, their social spaces in the city as well as the distinct influence of the super-rich on the transformation of four key cities: London, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong. By drawing together diverse disciplines, perspectives, and experiences across different geographical contexts, this book offers a fresh, comparative, and nuanced take on the super-rich and the 1% city, as well as a solid, empirically and theoretically grounded basis to think about future research questions and policy implications. ER -