The Creative Capital of Cities

This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective.<br /> <br /> <ul type=”disc”> <li>Critiques Richard Florida’s popular books about cities and the creative class</li> <li>Presents an alternative approach based on analyses of empirical research data concerning the German urban system and the case study regions<b>,</b> Hanover and Berlin</li> <li>Underscores that the culture industry takes a leading role in conforming with neoliberal conceptions of labor markets</li> </ul>