Entrepreneurial City Project: Hmp Swansea

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Entrepreneurial City Project: HMP Swansea

CONTENTS

This assignment will include the following:

  1.   A critical reflection on the learning experience of the Entrepreneurial City Project.

  2. A critical analysis of the following two texts:

      (a) Hubbard, Phil and Tim Hall (1998) “ The Entrepreneurial city and the ‘New Urban Politics’” In: Hall, Tim, and Phil Hubbard (eds.) The Entrepreneurial City. Geographies of Politics, Regime and representation. Chichester: John Wiley. 1-23.

      (b)Macleod, Gordon, Mike Raco, and Kevin Ward (2003) “Negotiating the contemporary city: Introduction.” In: Urban Studies. Vol.40.No.9 (August). 1655-1671.

The ‘Entrepreneurial City Project’ was challenging and interesting. It involved learning new skills to meet the demands of the course.

My Myers Briggs Type Indicator (ENTJ) explains the reason why my approach to the entrepreneurial city project was so decisive and why I probably talked the most in the group. I work out my ideas by talking through them, I learn best by doing or discussing (Extraversion). I take in information by seeing the bigger picture, focusing on the relationships and connections between facts. I am energised by evaluating and analysing what’s wrong so I can solve it... [continues]

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