creative cities

Capitalism and urbanization in a new key? The cognitive-cultural dimension

Allen J. Scott ajscott@ucla.edu University of California, Los Angeles (USA) Abstract: The cognitive-cultural dimensions of contemporary capitalism are identified by reference to its leading sectors, basic technologies, labor relations systems, and market structures. Cognitive-cultural systems of production and work come to ground preeminently in large city-regions. This state of affairs is manifest in the diverse […]

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