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Overview

Allen J. Scott is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the social sciences, economics, econometrics, and finance, with a particular emphasis on urban studies and regional economic development.

The main fields of study covered by Allen J. Scott include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Their work further branches into subfields such as:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Urban Studies
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Finance

Allen J. Scott's research focuses on several key topics:

  • Urban Planning and Governance
  • Urban and Rural Development Challenges
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Cultural Industries and Urban Development
  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
  • Regional resilience and development
  • Historical Economic and Social Studies

They have published multiple papers in diverse venues, including:

  • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
  • Urban Studies
  • Northern History
  • Historical Studies on Central Europe
  • "The" Journal of Burma Studies

Recent notable publications by Allen J. Scott include:

  • The constitution of the city and the critique of critical urban theory, 2021, Urban Studies
  • The changing fortunes and future prospects of a traditional industrial cluster: Woollen textile production in the Scottish Borders, 2022, Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
  • Work and Life in the Early Industrial City: Social Economy of Cotton Production, Carlisle, 1838-1861, 2021, Northern History
  • The Hymnbook of Valentin Triller (Wrocław 1555): Musical Past and Regionalism in Early Modern Silesia. By Antonio Chemotti., 2021, Historical Studies on Central Europe
  • Prospects for growth and prosperity in West Cumbria: Nuclear decommissioning and regional economic adjustment, 2023, Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • R. B. Gill
  • Natalie Norman Michaels
  • Elena Wong Espiritu
  • Olivia Ming
  • Amanda Lee Parsley

Best Publications

  • The Cultural Economy of Cities

    Allen J. Scott

  • Global city-regions : trends, theory, policy

    Allen John Scott

  • The Cultural Economy of Cities: Essays on the Geography of Image-Producing Industries

    Allen John Scott

  • Regions and the World Economy: The Coming Shape of Global Production, Competition, and Political Order

    Allen John Scott

  • Creative cities: Conceptual issues and policy questions

    Allen J. Scott

  • Regions, globalization, development

    Allen J. Scott;Michael Storper

  • Metropolis: From the Division of Labor to Urban Form

    Allen John Scott

  • World Development Report 2009: reshaping economic geography

    Allen J. Scott

  • Rethinking human capital, creativity and urban growth

    Michael Storper;Allen J. Scott

  • The Nature of Cities: The Scope and Limits of Urban Theory

    Allen J. Scott;Michael Storper

  • On Hollywood: The Place, The Industry

    Allen John Scott

  • CULTURAL-PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES AND URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: PROSPECTS FOR GROWTH AND MARKET CONTESTATION IN GLOBAL CONTEXT

    Allen Scott

  • New Industrial Spaces: Flexible Production Organization and Regional Development in North America and Western Europe

    Allen John Scott

  • Flexible production systems and regional development : the rise of new industrial spaces in North America and Western Europe

    Allen John Scott

  • Globalization and the Rise of City-regions

    Allen J. Scott

  • The city : Los Angeles and urban theory at the end of the twentieth century

    Allen John Scott;Edward W. Soja

  • Cultural Industries and the Production of Culture

    Dominic Power;Allen John Scott

  • Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Industrial Development: Geography and the Creative Field Revisited

    Allen J. Scott

  • Production, Work, Territory: The Geographical Anatomy of Industrial Capitalism

    John O'Loughlin;Allen J. Scott;Michael Storper

  • Regional motors of the global economy

    Allen J Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Taylor
Peter J. Taylor Northumbria University
Michael A. Peters
Michael A. Peters University of Waikato
Andy C. Pratt
Andy C. Pratt City, University of London
John Goddard
John Goddard Newcastle University
Nigel Thrift
Nigel Thrift University of Bristol

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