Resumen de Urban and Regional Creative Class Theories

Rémy Tremblay, Huges Chicoine

• The creative class theory suggests that society is composed of three social classes: the creative class, the service class, the working class, a different view or classification of the workforce. The boundaries separating the creative class from the upper ruling class and the lower working class rest on occupational premises. This paper examines the construction and tools of the creative class, its human composition as a social class, attending discourses, as well as the shifting foundations of the theory. It underlines the important role of education and research to improve economic development at city or regional level. Unlike economy, or politics, and governance and sustainable development, creativity is among the least regulated human activities.