Gender, Space and City Bankers

Taylor & Francis

Gender, Space and City BankersAuthor(s): Helen Longlands\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138092853, 978-1138092853\nSynopsis\nGendered processes of globalisation, transnationalisation and urbanisation are increasing local and global inequalities and widening the gap between the rich and the poor. The global finance industry plays a key role in these processes, directing its operations from local command points in global cities such as London. Drawing on empirical data collected after the 2008 financial crisis in depth interviews with male City of London bankers who are also fathers, in depth interviews with the bankers wives, observational data of work and family spaces, and banks promotional online material this book explores the day-to-day individual and institutional social practices of wealthy City bankers and banks. The books analysis offers insight into how the spaces of work and home are integrally linke.