The creative class and creative city: Russian refraction

Irina Starodubskaya () and Dina Lobodanova ()
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Irina Starodubskaya: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
Dina Lobodanova: Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Irina Starodubrovskaya

Ekonomicheskaya Politika / Economic Policy, 2013, 127—149

Abstract: The article is devoted to a discussion of how the Russian cities can attract and retain educated and at the initiative of young people - the creative class, which is the basis of modern innovative economy. In the West, the issue has long been debated by experts. There is a number of different approaches to this problem, the most famous of which belongs to Richard Florida. The author analyzes the applicability of these approaches to the Russian reality, based on the study of life strategies creative young people in three Russian cities - Chelyabinsk, Perm and Novosibirsk. Particular attention is paid to the Permian "cultural revolution" - the most consistent attempt to implement the theory of the creative class.

Keywords: Russian cities; creative class (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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