Cities and the Knowledge Economy by Tim May, Beth Perry - 9781138810389

Taylor & Francis

Cities and the Knowledge EconomyPromise, Politics and Possibilities\nAuthor(s): Tim May, Beth Perry\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138810389, 978-1138810389\nSynopsis\nCities 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.\n\nThe 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 conception.