The creative capital of cities : interactive knowledge creation and the urbanization economies of innovation

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