'Sticky Subjects' or 'Cosmopolitan Creatives'? Social Class, Place and Urban Young People's Aspirations for Work in the Knowledge Economy

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 499-517

  Allen, Kim ^a   Hollingworth, Sumi ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; EDUCATION POLICY; KNOWLEDGE; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84872851321     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012468901     Document Type: Article

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