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The Predictive Postcode : The Geodemographic Classification of British Society.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, Limited, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (329 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526448835
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Predictive PostcodeDDC classification:
  • 304.2
LOC classification:
  • GF551 .W433 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
THE PREDICTIVE POSTCODE- FRONT COVER -- THE PREDICTIVE POSTCODE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I- NEIGHBOURHOOD CLASSIFICATION AND THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR -- CHAPTER 1- NEIGHBOURHOODS AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION -- CHAPTER 2- THE PRECURSORS TO GEODEMOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION -- CHAPTER 3- THE EMERGENCE OF CONTEMPORARY GEODEMOGRAPHICS -- CHAPTER 4- THE WIDER ADOPTION OF 'COMMERCIAL SOCIOLOGY' -- CHAPTER 5- WHO DO THEY THINK YOU ARE? CAPTURING THE CHANGING FACE OF BRITISH SOCIETY -- PART II- A GEODEMOGRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF SOCIAL CHANGE -- CHAPTER 6- THE LIBERAL METROPOLITAN ELITE: 'CITIZENS OF NOWHERE'? -- CHAPTER 7- MUNICIPAL OVERSPILL ESTATES: EDUCATIONAL UNDER-ACHIEVEMENT AMONG THE 'LEFT BEHINDS' -- CHAPTER 8- MINORITY COMMUNITIES: MELTING POTS OR PARALLEL LIVES? -- CHAPTER 9- THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE: PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASSES? -- CHAPTER 10- COASTAL COMMUNITIES: ALL VICTIMS OF LOW-COST AIRLINE TRAVEL? -- PART III- CODA -- CHAPTER 11- A GEODEMOGRAPHIC TRAVELOGUE -- CHAPTER 12- GEODEMOGRAPHICS IN THE FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: CURRENT SOURCES OF GEODEMOGRAPHIC DATA -- INDEX.
Summary: This book is a detailed, empirical investigation into the question of whether academic social research can compete with the commercial sector, with its new technologies and big data, in order to classify, profile, and understand us.
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THE PREDICTIVE POSTCODE- FRONT COVER -- THE PREDICTIVE POSTCODE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I- NEIGHBOURHOOD CLASSIFICATION AND THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR -- CHAPTER 1- NEIGHBOURHOODS AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION -- CHAPTER 2- THE PRECURSORS TO GEODEMOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION -- CHAPTER 3- THE EMERGENCE OF CONTEMPORARY GEODEMOGRAPHICS -- CHAPTER 4- THE WIDER ADOPTION OF 'COMMERCIAL SOCIOLOGY' -- CHAPTER 5- WHO DO THEY THINK YOU ARE? CAPTURING THE CHANGING FACE OF BRITISH SOCIETY -- PART II- A GEODEMOGRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF SOCIAL CHANGE -- CHAPTER 6- THE LIBERAL METROPOLITAN ELITE: 'CITIZENS OF NOWHERE'? -- CHAPTER 7- MUNICIPAL OVERSPILL ESTATES: EDUCATIONAL UNDER-ACHIEVEMENT AMONG THE 'LEFT BEHINDS' -- CHAPTER 8- MINORITY COMMUNITIES: MELTING POTS OR PARALLEL LIVES? -- CHAPTER 9- THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE: PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASSES? -- CHAPTER 10- COASTAL COMMUNITIES: ALL VICTIMS OF LOW-COST AIRLINE TRAVEL? -- PART III- CODA -- CHAPTER 11- A GEODEMOGRAPHIC TRAVELOGUE -- CHAPTER 12- GEODEMOGRAPHICS IN THE FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: CURRENT SOURCES OF GEODEMOGRAPHIC DATA -- INDEX.

This book is a detailed, empirical investigation into the question of whether academic social research can compete with the commercial sector, with its new technologies and big data, in order to classify, profile, and understand us.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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