Social Economy of the Metropolis : Cognitive-Cultural Capitalism and the Global Resurgence of Cities.

Social Economy of the Metropolis : Cognitive-Cultural Capitalism and the Global Resurgence of Cities.

This book is about the renaissance of cities in the twenty first century and their increasing role as centers of creative economic activity. Allen Scott is one of the world's foremost thinkers on globalization and the economies of modern cities, and in this book presents a concise introduction...

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Main Author: Scott, Allen John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2008.
Subjects:
Sociology, Urban.
Cities and towns > Growth.
Capitalism.
urban sociology.
suburban growth.
urban sprawl.
Capitalism
Cities and towns > Growth
Sociology, Urban
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; List of Tables; 1. The Resurgent City; 2. Inside the City; 3. Production and Work in the American Metropolis; 4. The Cognitive-Cultural Economy and the Creative City; 5. Culture, Economy, and the City; 6. Chiaroscuro: Social and Political Components of the Urban Process; 7. City-Regions: Economic Motors and Political Actors on the Global Stage; 8. Coda; References; Index.

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