{"product_id":"the-creative-capital-of-cities-isbn-9781444336221","title":"The Creative Capital of Cities","description":"This 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\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  \u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/i\u003e vii  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface\u003c\/i\u003e x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Creativity and Innovation under the Command of Capital 12\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Capitalist Imperative of Creativity and Innovation 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneralizing Models of Urban Economic Development 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of Innovation and Interurban Competition in Harvey’s Theory of Capitalist Urbanization 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Creative Cities as a New Urban Growth Ideology: The Impact of Creative Occupations on Regional Economic Success 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritique of Florida’s Conception of the Creative Class 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Assessment of Regional Economic Success Factors and the Impact of Creative Workers on Regional Development 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impact of Creative Occupational Groups on Regional Economic Development in Germany 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelationship between “Qualities of Place” and the Regional Concentration of Scientifically and Technologically Creative Workers 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Innovation and Knowledge Networks in a Metropolitan Region: The Impact of Localization Economies and Networking on Technological Creativity 92\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInnovation and Knowledge Networks: Theoretical Approaches 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Application of Network Analysis to Urban Regions’ Knowledge Networks 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographic Scales and Structural Properties of Knowledge Networks in the Metropolitan Region of Hanover 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessment of Network Impacts on Regional Firms’ Innovation Output 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Creativity in the Culture and Media Industries: The Impact of Commercial Imperatives on Artistic Creativity 128\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Institutional Order of the Cultural Economy: Creativity in a Capitalist Context 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Centers of the Culture Industry and the Production of Lifestyle Images 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Local Clustering of the Cultural Economy in the Metropolis of Berlin: The Urbanization Economies of Artistically Creative Occupations 158\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the Cultural Economy in Berlin’s Inner-City Area 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreative Cities and the Role of the Culture Industries in Urban Economic and Spatial Development: Implications for Urban Regeneration 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Synthesis: The Creative Capital of Cities 194\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendix: Grouping of Occupations and Subsectors\u003c\/i\u003e 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"On the whole, The Creative Capital of Cities makes a valuable contribution to the urban economic literature. It provides a critical and quite comprehensive overview of a number of issues that have so far been left too much aside in the current debate.\"  (\u003ci\u003eJ Hous and the Built Environ\u003c\/i\u003e, 8 September 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eStefan Krätke\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Economic and Social Geography at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt, Germany. He is the author of a wide variety of publications, in both German and English, that include \u003ci\u003eThe Metropolization of the European Urban System in the Era of Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eCity of Talents? Berlin's Regional Economy, Socio-spatial Fabric and 'Worst Practice' Urban Governance\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). \u003ci\u003eThe Creative Capital of Cities\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the new urban growth concepts of creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective. The author presents both technological creativity in knowledge-intensive industries and artistical creativity in the cultural economy sector in the analysis of the ‘creative capital of cities’. Krätke develops a transdisciplinary approach to the analysis of creativity and knowledge generation in an urban context by combining perspectives of economic geography, regional research, and socio-cultural urban studies. Providing deep insights backed up by rigorous empirical analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Creative Capital of Cities\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the complex relational dimensions of creativity while offering an alternate path to the assessment of urban economic success.  \"This is an outstanding addition to our understanding of the role of creativity and innovation in urban growth and competition. Especially nuanced regarding governance implications, the rise of creative industries is firmly located within geographies of uneven development, with Harvey taking precedence over Florida in fruitful mixture of insightful theoretical engagement and significant empirical analyses.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003ePeter Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e, Northumbria University  \u003cp\u003e\"At last, a cogently argued and empirically well-founded analysis of the much-vaunted 'creative city'. Cutting through the hype, Stefan Krätke presents a compelling political economy of creative capital(ism), with important implications for both theory and policy.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJamie Peck\u003c\/b\u003e, University of British Columbia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990200893669,"sku":"NP9781444336221","price":43.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444336221.jpg?v=1761786882","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-creative-capital-of-cities-isbn-9781444336221","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}