The City as an Entertainment Machine details the impacts of opera, used bookstores, brew pubs, bicycle events, Starbucks' coffee shops, gay residents, and other factors on changes in jobs, population, inventions, and more. It is the first study to assemble and analyze such amenities for national samples of cities (and counties). It interprets these processes by showing how they add new insights from economics, sociology, political science, public policy, and geography. Considerable evidence is presented about how consumption, amenities, and culture drive urban policy by encouraging people to move to or from different cities and regions.…mehr
The City as an Entertainment Machine details the impacts of opera, used bookstores, brew pubs, bicycle events, Starbucks' coffee shops, gay residents, and other factors on changes in jobs, population, inventions, and more. It is the first study to assemble and analyze such amenities for national samples of cities (and counties). It interprets these processes by showing how they add new insights from economics, sociology, political science, public policy, and geography. Considerable evidence is presented about how consumption, amenities, and culture drive urban policy by encouraging people to move to or from different cities and regions.
Terry Nichols Clark is professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. His books include Citizen Politics in Post-Industrial Society,City Money, The New Political Culture, and Urban Innovation.
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Chapter 1 Introduction: Taking Entertainment Seriously Chapter 2 Chapter 1: A Political Theory of Consumption Chapter 3 Chapter 2: Urban Amenities: Lakes, Opera, and Juice Bars: Do They Drive Development? Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Consumers and Cities Chapter 5 Chapter 4: The New Political Culture and Local Government in England Chapter 6 Chapter 5: Technology and Tolerance: The Importance of Diversity to High-Technology Growth Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Gays and Urban Development: How Are They Linked? Chapter 8 Chapter 7: Starbucks, Bicycle Paths, and Urban Growth Machines: Emails Among Members of the Urban and Community Section of the American Sociological Association Listserv Chapter 9 Chapter 8: Amenities Drive Urban Growth: A New Paradigm and Policy Linkages Chapter 10 Chapter 9: Scenes: Social Context in an Age of Contingency
Chapter 1 Introduction: Taking Entertainment Seriously Chapter 2 Chapter 1: A Political Theory of Consumption Chapter 3 Chapter 2: Urban Amenities: Lakes, Opera, and Juice Bars: Do They Drive Development? Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Consumers and Cities Chapter 5 Chapter 4: The New Political Culture and Local Government in England Chapter 6 Chapter 5: Technology and Tolerance: The Importance of Diversity to High-Technology Growth Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Gays and Urban Development: How Are They Linked? Chapter 8 Chapter 7: Starbucks, Bicycle Paths, and Urban Growth Machines: Emails Among Members of the Urban and Community Section of the American Sociological Association Listserv Chapter 9 Chapter 8: Amenities Drive Urban Growth: A New Paradigm and Policy Linkages Chapter 10 Chapter 9: Scenes: Social Context in an Age of Contingency
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