Social Economy of the Metropolis: Cognitive-Cultural Capitalism and the Global Resurgence of Cities

摘要

Allen Scott's Social Economy of the Metropolis is a wide-ranging theoretical and empirical attempt to understand cities in the postindustrial society. According to Scott, this new economy has not only replaced an earlier form of "Fordist" capitalism but has also been the main cause of the resurgence of major cities around the world.