The politics of local innovation conditions for the development of innovations / edited by Hubert Heinelt, Bj©œrn Egner and Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas.
| Other author | Heinelt, Hubert, 1952- |
| Other author | Egner, Bj©œrn. |
| Other author | Hl©♭pas, Nikolaos-Komnenos, 1961- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in governance and public policy |
| Contents | Introduction : about the origin of local innovations / Hubert Heinelt, Bj©œrn Egner and Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas -- Why are some cities more innovative than others? : an answer based on an interpretive concept / Hubert Heinelt and Georgios Terizakis -- Athens / Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas -- Bensheim / Hubert Heinelt -- Chania / Hubert Heinelt and Panos Koliastasis -- Elefsina / Panos Koliastasis -- Frankfurt / Hubert Heinelt and Max A. Kayser -- Kalamata / Alexia Timotheou -- Kassel / Melina Lehning -- Leipzig / Hubert Heinelt and Max A. Kayser -- Offenbach / Max A. Kayser -- Thessaloniki / Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas -- A comparative analysis of communicative mechanisms and narratives supporting innovations / Bj©œrn Egner, Hubert Heinelt, Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas, Panos Koliastasis, Melina Lehning and Alexia Timotheou. |
| Abstract | "Some cities manage to mobilize innovation potentials and respond to challenges, such as demographic change and immigration as well as economic restructuring, while others do not. This book solves this problem by answering the following question: What are the conditions for the development of local innovation? In order to identify these conditions, the book explores case study cities which are perceived as success cases of local innovation by the respective local community, and sometimes also nationally or internationally. The conditions for local innovations are not sought primarily in economic, social, or institutional circumstances. Instead, this book focuses on the communicative interactions by which local actors develop locally embedded knowledge or a specific social imaginary about those circumstances, as well as the constraints and opportunities deriving from them. The authors focus on a comparative case study of ten cities - Bensheim, Frankfurt, Kassel, Leipzig, and Offenbach in Germany, and Athens, Chania, Elefsina, Kalamata, and Thessaloniki in Greece. The book is based on content analysis of policy documents and local newspapers as well as in-depth interviews with key local actors. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of political science and policy analysis, as well as sociology, geography, urban studies, and planning. It will also interest local politicians and bureaucrats concerned with achieving innovation in cities"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Politics of local innovation Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9780367534080 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021034719 |
| ISBN | 9781000518122 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781003084006 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |