Unpacking the 'Start-Up City' : Entrepreneurship, Neoliberal Governance and Local Actors Agency

• Autore: Dodaro Maria
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (165 pages)
• Disciplina: 338.04
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 Studying Entrepreneurship in European Cities -- 1.1 Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Cities -- 1.2 Insights from Cultural Political Economy and the Sociology of Public Action -- 1.3 A Methodology Note -- 1.4 The Structure of the Book -- References -- 2 "This Is Like a Big Transatlantic Liner": Contingent Converging Trends -- 2.1 MESPs: Multi-scalar and Multi-dimensional Trajectories -- 2.1.1 Milan: Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Ethos -- 2.1.2 The Barcelona Model of Entrepreneurialism -- 2.2 The Local Embeddedness of MESPs -- 2.2.1 Barcelona Activa: A Publicly Managed MESP Model -- 2.2.2 Milan at the Local and National Dynamics Crossroads -- 2.3 Radicalising Urban Entrepreneurialism? -- References -- 3 Inclusive Entrepreneurship Policies: Reproducing Heterogeneity, Negotiating Ambivalence -- 3.1 Entrepreneurship: A Contested Concept -- 3.2 Inclusive Entrepreneurship -- 3.3 Diversified Policy Instruments in Diversified Urban Economies -- 3.3.1 Embracing Heterogeneity: The Case of Barcelona -- 3.3.2 Embracing Heterogeneity: The Case of Milan -- 3.4 Beyond Entrepreneurship Promotion -- 3.4.1 Barcelona: Alternative Views and Entrepreneurship Options -- 3.4.2 Entrepreneurship in Milan: Supporting or Dissuading? -- 3.5 Inclusive MESPs: from Top-Down Dynamics to Agency -- References -- 4 "The Mindset Has Changed a Lot"? Situated Agency of Youth Entrepreneurs -- 4.1 Cities as Ideal Opportunity Entrepreneur Milieux -- 4.2 Not So Young? -- 4.3 Innovators -- 4.3.1 Innovators for Innovation's Sake -- 4.3.2 "A Life Project" -- 4.3.3 A Strategic and Meaningful Step -- 4.4 "I See It as Something Normal": Ordinary Young People's Needs and Aspirations -- 4.4.1 Building a Meaningful Life Journey -- 4.4.2 "You Must Do It All Yourself and Make the Most of It" -- References -- 5 Differentiated Inclusion. ; 5.1 The Democratisation of Entrepreneurship Promise -- 5.2 Differentiated and Differentiating Policy Instruments -- 5.2.1 The Social and Cultural Dimensions of Differentiated Inclusion -- 5.2.2 The Higher the Business Risk, the Lower the Individual Risk-Taking? -- 5.2.3 Reward Expectations and Alternatives -- 5.2.4 Local Public Action and Youth Coping Strategies -- 5.3 Individualisation: Growing Opportunities, Worsening Inequalities? -- References -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Unpacking the 'Start-Up City
• ISBN: 3-031-50212-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799209103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II