Richard Florida's theory of the creative class differs from standard accounts of urban economic development by suggesting that jobs move to where creative people choose to live because of quality-of-life considerations.
Richard Florida's theory of the creative class differs from standard accounts of urban economic development by suggesting that
jobs move to where creative people choose to live because of quality-of-life considerations.
it is crucial to have large-scale industrial restructuring to encourage creative development.
higher education plays a key role in economic development.
pro-growth coalitions are essential for urban revitalization.
Etiquette guidelines controlled interaction by dictating norms of silence and decorum between the sexes in the public sphere. Hutter argues that this
effectively banished women from public life.
generated immense problems when men and women interacted in public.
had a liberating effect on women by minimizing their risks in the public sphere.
induced fear in men and women about interacting in public.
The ideology of domestic confinement:
encouraged women to venture into urban spaces.
only applied to poor women.
contributed to the lowly position of women during the Victorian era.
was never applied to the United States.
The investigation of the development and vitality of gay enclaves emphasizes that for gay men and lesbians
cities can be dangerous places.
social and spatial identities are interwoven and gay enclaves are mutually constructed.
suburban areas are much safer than cities for gay men and lesbians.
it is necessary to keep Gans' theory in mind at all times. Gratz and Mintz refer to the strategy of urban revitalization in which local businesses and people play a key role as
urban re-gentrification.
urban husbandry.
urban frontiers.
re-urbanization When Gardner describes the "highly gendered nature of public place," she means that
all places provide areas for males and females to mingle and be together.
public places naturally attract either males or females, but typically not both.
males and females experience and use public places in cities differently.
all of the above. The Stonewall Rebellion is notable as a
gay protest against police harassment of gay bars in New York City in the 1960s.
prison riot in Chicago due to the first racial integration of male prisoners in an urban prison.
colonial uprising of slaves that spread through mid-Atlantic cities to New England in early 19th century.
public demonstration of Native Americans in California for free public education for Native Americans in the 1920s.
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• Watters disagrees with the idea that young people in cities are disconnected, arguing that the social networks formed by members of urban tribes
keep those people young and thus encourages them to have an optimistic, connected view of life.
help to solidify feelings of community through involvements and supports among each other.
foster the creation of "social capital," by encouraging them to join civic groups, as argued by Putnam.
attract members of the creative class to cities. • According to social historian Elizabeth Wilson, men design cities to control disorder and to control the "place" of women, so men define the public sphere as their own territory and thus
women must be protected and deferred to when they enter that realm.
women are "fair game" when they enter that sphere.
poor women, especially, must be protected in the public realm.
women who enter the public realm are highly respected as independent and autonomous • In his research on cities after dark, Murray Melbin refers to the night as a frontier of _________ that shares some characteristics with the west as a frontier of _________.
gentrification; urban renewal
time; space
space; time
ecology; symbols • Florida's notion of a "creative class" refers to people who are attracted to
sites of the city such as museums, sports arenas, malls, art galleries.
living in areas of the city where they can establish meaningful relationships with other "creative" people like themselves.
living in relative anonymity in the cultural areas of the city.
art galleries, museums, and other cultural activities in the city while maintaining residence • According to Castells, the city which has been most transformed by its gay community is
New York City.
Miami.
Las Vegas.
San Francisco. • Although cities have the potential for being sites for freedom and autonomy for women they are often sites of
danger.
deference.
work.
gender. • In the late 1980s, St. Louis began a process of urban recovery through various strategies, including neighborhood preservation and renewal. However, Gratz and Mintz are pessimistic that the urban revitalization of the city can completely succeed because
there are just not enough creative class people in the city.
the sports teams do not always perform well.
too much of the urban fabric of the downtown was destroyed.
reverse commuting is a serious problem. • The social ties formed by people in urban tribes generate
stronger feelings of community and support for members in the city.
growing economic infrastructure in the city.
decreasing racial and ethnic conflicts.
increasing gender harassment in the city.
all of the above • According to Watters, the major factor in the development of "urban tribes" is the
desire of young people to delay marriage until they have established their careers.
desire of young people to avoid marriage and stay single permanently.
effects of the television show Friends.
desire to stay disconnected in the city. • One effect of the ideology of domestic confinement was
increased violence against immigrants in public areas of 19th-century cities.
increased economic opportunities for women in the labor force.
increased dependence of women on their husbands.
lessened dependence of women on their husbands. • In his book The Invention of Heterosexuality, Katz argues that in the 19th century
people first noticed that some men and women were sexually oriented toward their own sex.
the concept of heterosexuality became distinct from the emerging concept of homosexuality.
the sexual relationship between men and women was invented.
people realized that the concept of heterosexuality had been unchanging over time • A central tenet of the ideology of domestic confinement was belief in women's natural
sexuality.
domesticity.
power.
fear. • In the Victorian era, many believed that women should be confined to the home and excluded from work outside of the home. According to Ann Oakley's research, which of the following was NOT one of the reasons for these beliefs?
moral grounds
damage to physical health
neglect of home and family
damage to men's mental health
contravention of the "natural" division of labor between men and women
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