The Creative Capital of Cities: Interactive Knowledge Creation and the Urbanization Economies of Innovation

Copyright © 2011 Stefan Krätke

The Creative Capital of Cities: Interactive Knowledge Creation and the Urbanization Economies of Innovation

Author(s): Stefan Krätke

Published Online: 22 MAY 2012 04:09AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781444336214

Online ISBN: 9781444342277

DOI: 10.1002/9781444342277

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This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective.

  • Critiques Richard Florida's popular books about cities and the creative class
  • Presents an alternative approach based on analyses of empirical research data concerning the German urban system and the case study regions, Hanover and Berlin
  • Underscores that the culture industry takes a leading role in conforming with neoliberal conceptions of labor markets

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–x)

    2. Introduction (pages 1–11)

    3. Chapter 1

      Creativity and Innovation under the Command of Capital (pages 12–36)

    4. Chapter 2

      Creative Cities as a New Urban Growth Ideology (pages 37–91)

    5. Chapter 3

      Innovation and Knowledge Networks in a Metropolitan Region (pages 92–127)

    6. Chapter 4

      Creativity in the Culture and Media Industries (pages 128–157)

    7. Chapter 5

      Local Clustering of the Cultural Economy in the Metropolis of Berlin (pages 158–193)

    8. Chapter 6

      Synthesis: The Creative Capital of Cities (pages 194–207)

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      Appendix: Grouping of Occupations and Subsectors (pages 208–218)

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      References (pages 219–233)

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      Index (pages 234–249)

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