{"product_id":"9781444336221","title":"The Creative Capital of Cities Interactive Knowledge Creation and the Urbanization Economies of Innovation","description":"\u003ch3\u003eIJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Creative Capital of Cities\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInteractive Knowledge Creation and the Urbanization Economies of Innovation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eStefan Krätke\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ Urban\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\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\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\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).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 October 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781444336221\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e264\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44352063504524,"sku":"9781444336221","price":39.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781444336221_79bd45e6-1921-4ba5-bc9b-339d7d216006.jpg?v=1780235723","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781444336221","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}