{"product_id":"making-competitive-cities-hardback-9781405194150","title":"Making Competitive Cities (Hardback) 9781405194150","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking Competitive Cities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSako Musterd (Edited by), S Musterd (Author), Alan Murie (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405194150, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18.3 x 2.8 cm, 0.816 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Making Competitive Cities is therefore a stimulating read, persuasive and provocative in its lines of argument, and presenting an important challenge to urban political praxis the world over.\" (Journal of Economic Geography, 19 August 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"The strength of Making Competitive Cities is its highly structured, data-driven research on thirteen diverse and widely scattered cities, which facilitates comparative study and the construction of useful generalizations. The informative individual chapters follow parallel structures and are all well prepared.\" (Association of American Geographers, 14 March 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This collection of essays utilizes comparative case studies to illustrate the challenges cities face from a shifting global economy and the very different ways cities can change. The essays offer insights into the theoretical and practical understanding of the environments required to develop competitive \"creative knowledge\" cities, cities that are successful, exciting, and enjoyable places to live.\" (\u003ci\u003eBook News Inc,\u003c\/i\u003e November 2010) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDieses Buch analysiert die Verbindung zwischen wissensintensiven Branchen und urbaner Wettbewerbsfähigkeit anhand 13 europäischer Metropolen und gibt der Debatte über kreative und wissensintensive Branchen, wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Wettbewerbspolitik neue Nahrung.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Professor Susan Fainstein, Harvard University\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I INTRODUCTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Making Competitive Cities: Debates and Challenges\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSako Musterd and Alan Murie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDebates and challenges\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSectors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions and theories\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegions and sources\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePathways, actors and policies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Idea of the Creative or Knowledge-Based City\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSako Musterd and Alan Murie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssential conditions for competitive cities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Hard’ conditions theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCluster theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonal networks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Soft’ conditions theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree parts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II PATHWAYS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Pathways in Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDenis Eckert, Alan Murie and Sako Musterd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePath dependency\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInitial expectations and comparisons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe chapters to come\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Stable Trajectories Towards the Creative Knowledge City?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmsterdam, Munich and Milan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnne von Streit, Marco Bontje and Elena dell’Agnese\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe economic base and the creative knowledge economy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment path: roots and current conditions of the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecreative knowledge economy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment paths: a synthesis and conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Reinventing the City: Barcelona, Birmingham and Dublin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVeronica Crossa, Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustin Barber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical context\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe trajectory of industrial development\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe state and policy intervention\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe challenge of soft factors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Institutional Change and New Development Paths:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBudapest, Leipzig, Poznan, Riga and Sofia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTadeusz Stryjakiewicz, Joachim Burdack and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTamás Egedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocio-economic characteristics of the study areas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment pathways shaping the city profiles and the role of the systemic change\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeterminants of development of the creative knowledge sector\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Changing Specialisations and Single Sector Dominance:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelsinki and Toulouse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHélène Martin-Brelot and Kaisa Kepsu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSetting the context – Helsinki and Toulouse\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePathways to knowledge-driven economies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowledge driving economic development: sciences, industries and policies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFuture challenges\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion and discussion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III ACTORS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 What Works for Managers and Highly Educated Workers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ein Creative Knowledge Industries?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSako Musterd and Alan Murie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree groups of actors and a range of conditions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe following chapters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Managers and Entrepreneurs in Creative and Knowledge-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntensive Industries: What Determines Their Location?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eToulouse, Helsinki, Budapest, Riga and Sofia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvgenii Dainov and Arnis Sauka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: places matter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities and the creative class: major conceptual challenges\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacteristics of the cities: a brief overview\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocation decisions: ‘individual trajectory’ considerations and ‘hard’ factors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocation decisions: the role of ‘soft’ factors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn-city location decisions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapital city versus provincial city location decisions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolicymaking: ‘soft’, ‘hard’ or ‘other’?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions and implications\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Transnational Migrants in the Creative Knowledge Industries:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin and Munich\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeike Pethe, Sabine Hafner and Philip Lawton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceptualising transnational migrants and the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecreative class\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaces and potentials\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe attractiveness of European metropolitan regions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Attracting Young and High-Skilled Workers: Amsterdam,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMilan and Barcelona\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMontserrat Pareja-Eastaway, Marco Bontje and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarianne d’Ovidio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompeting for young, highly skilled workers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYoung and highly-skilled workers in European cities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Amsterdam, Barcelona and Milan city-regions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Working on the Edge? Creative Jobs in Birmingham,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeipzig and Poznan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulie Brown, Robert Nadler and Michal Meczynski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: creative work – precariousness, uncertainty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eand risk?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMethodology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInsecure, casualised or long-term, sustainable employment?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV POLICIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 What Policies Should Cities Adopt?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan Murie and Sako Musterd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat should cities do?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuropean cities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhich policy agendas?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNetworking policy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe following chapters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Strategic Economic Policy: Milan, Dublin and Toulouse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilvia Mugnano, Enda Murphy and Hélène Martin-Brelot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDistinctive policy traditions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExisting strengths in creative knowledge policy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew strategic economic policy approaches\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey actors in entrepreneurial cities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAddressing barriers and obstacles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion and new challenges\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Beyond Cluster Policy? Birmingham, Poznan and Helsinki\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaroline Chapain, Krzysztof Stachowiak and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMari Vaattovaarra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe cluster policy paradigm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe state of the creative and knowledge economy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSupporting the creative and knowledge economy: three approaches\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Policies for Firms or Policies for Individuals? Amsterdam, Munich and Budapest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eZoltán Kovács, Heike Pethe and Manfred Miosga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo policies help in competition? – a theoretical framework\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic development and political conditions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe creative and knowledge sector and policies enhancing its development\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 New Governance, New Geographic Scales,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Institutional Settings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBastian Lange, Marc Pradel i Miquel and Vassil Garnizov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceptual prerequisites: understanding governance in creative and knowledge industries\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew governance dimensions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessionalisation – self-regulation and self-governance of new professions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTowards new geographical scales?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGovernance approaches in Barcelona, Leipzig and Sofia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowledge-intensive industries in regard to governance perspectives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V SYNTHESIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Synthesis: Re-making the Competitive City\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSako Musterd and Alan Murie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA city is not a T-shirt\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMulti-layered cities: the importance of pathways\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonal actor networks: key conditions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew governance approaches\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Architecture [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Architecture\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Architecture%20%5BAM%5D%22\"\u003eAM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437799239960,"sku":"9781405194150","price":95.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405194150.jpg?v=1784941515","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-competitive-cities-hardback-9781405194150","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}