Let's Audit Bohemia: A Review of Richard Florida's 'Creative Class' Thesis and Its Impact on Urban Policy

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1606-1617

  O'Callaghan, Cian ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GENEALOGY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IDEOLOGY; NEOLIBERALISM; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY;

BOHEMIA; CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 79251480424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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