{"product_id":"the-creative-capital-of-cities-9781444336214","title":"The Creative Capital of Cities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eCritiques Richard Florida''s popular books about cities and the creative class\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an alternative approach based on analyses of empirical research data concerning the German urban system and the case study regions\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e Hanover and Berlin\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderscores that the culture industry takes a leading role in conforming with neoliberal conceptions of labor markets\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Creativity and innovation under the command of capital.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe capitalist imperative of creativity and innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneralizing models of urban economic development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe role of innovation and inter-urban competition in Harvey’s theory of capitalist urbanization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Creative cities as a new urban growth ideology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe impact of creative occupations on regional economic success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritique of Florida’s conception of the creative class.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn assessment of regional economic success factors and the impact of creative workers on regional development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe impact of creative occupational groups on regional economic development in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelationship between ‘qualities of place’ and the regional concentration of scientifically and technologically creative workers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Innovation and\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eknowledge networks in a metropolitan region.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe impact of localization economies and networking on technological creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInnovation and knowledge networks: Theoretical approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe application of network analysis to urban regions’ knowledge networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographic scales and structural properties of knowledge networks in the metropolitan region of Hanover.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessment of network impacts on regional firms’ innovation output.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Creativity in the culture and media industries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe impact of commercial imperatives on artistic creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe institutional order of the cultural economy: Creativity in a capitalist context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal centres of the culture industry and the production of lifestyle images.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Local clustering of the cultural economy in the metropolis of Berlin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe urbanization economies of artistically creative occupations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rise of the cultural economy in Berlin’s inner-city area.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreative cities and the role of the culture industries in urban economic and spatial development: Implications for urban regeneration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Synthesis: The creative capital of cities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408389611863,"sku":"9781444336214","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444336214.jpg?v=1730502724","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-creative-capital-of-cities-9781444336214","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}