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Cities and the Knowledge Economy

- Promise, Politics and Possibilities
Af: Tim May, Beth Perry Engelsk Paperback

Cities and the Knowledge Economy

- Promise, Politics and Possibilities
Af: Tim May, Beth Perry Engelsk Paperback
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Cities and the Knowledge Economy is an in-depth, interdisciplinary, international and comparative examination of the relationship between knowledge and urban development in the contemporary era. Through the lenses of promise, politics and possibility, it examines how the knowledge economy has arisen, how different cities have sought to realise its potential, how universities play a role in its realisation and, overall, what this reveals about the relationship between politics, capitalism, space, place and knowledge in cities.

The book argues that the 21st century city has been predicated on particular circuits of knowledge that constitute expertise as residing in elite and professional epistemic communities. In contrast, alternative conceptions of the knowledge society are founded on assumptions which take analysis, deliberation, democracy and the role of the citizen and communities of practice seriously. Drawing on a range of examples from cities around the world, the book reflects on these possibilities and asks what roles the practice of ‘active intermediation’, the university and a critical and engaged social scientific practice can all play in this process.

The book is aimed at researchers and students from different disciplines – geography, politics, sociology, business studies, economics and planning – with interests in contemporary urbanism and the role of knowledge in understanding development, as well as urban policymakers, politicians and practitioners who are concerned with the future of our cities and seek to create coalitions of different communities oriented towards more just and sustainable futures.

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Cities and the Knowledge Economy is an in-depth, interdisciplinary, international and comparative examination of the relationship between knowledge and urban development in the contemporary era. Through the lenses of promise, politics and possibility, it examines how the knowledge economy has arisen, how different cities have sought to realise its potential, how universities play a role in its realisation and, overall, what this reveals about the relationship between politics, capitalism, space, place and knowledge in cities.

The book argues that the 21st century city has been predicated on particular circuits of knowledge that constitute expertise as residing in elite and professional epistemic communities. In contrast, alternative conceptions of the knowledge society are founded on assumptions which take analysis, deliberation, democracy and the role of the citizen and communities of practice seriously. Drawing on a range of examples from cities around the world, the book reflects on these possibilities and asks what roles the practice of ‘active intermediation’, the university and a critical and engaged social scientific practice can all play in this process.

The book is aimed at researchers and students from different disciplines – geography, politics, sociology, business studies, economics and planning – with interests in contemporary urbanism and the role of knowledge in understanding development, as well as urban policymakers, politicians and practitioners who are concerned with the future of our cities and seek to create coalitions of different communities oriented towards more just and sustainable futures.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 190
ISBN-13: 9781138810396
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1138810398
Kategori: Bysamfund
Udg. Dato: 9 nov 2017
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 234mm
Højde: 158mm
Forlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oplagsdato: 9 nov 2017
Forfatter(e): Tim May, Beth Perry
Forfatter(e) Tim May, Beth Perry


Kategori Bysamfund


ISBN-13 9781138810396


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 190


Udgave


Længde 19mm


Bredde 234mm


Højde 158mm


Udg. Dato 9 nov 2017


Oplagsdato 9 nov 2017


Forlag Taylor & Francis Ltd

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