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Global Cultural Economy
By Christiaan De Beukelaer and Kim-Marie Spence, Routledge, 2019, 184 pages
The book Global Cultural Economy critically interrogates the role cultural and creative industries play in societies. By locating these industries in their broader cultural and economic contexts, Christiaan De Beukelaer and Kim-Marie Spence combine their repertoires of empirical work across four continents to define 'cultural economy' as the system of production, distribution and consumption of cultural goods and services, and to discuss the cultural, economic, social and political contexts in which it operates.
Each chapter introduces and discusses a different theme, such as inclusion, diversity, sustainability and ownership, highlighting the tensions around them to elicit an active engagement with possible and provisional solutions. The themes are explored through case studies including Bollywood, Ghanaian music, the Korean Wave, Jamaican Reggae and the UN Creative Economy Reports. The book is written for students, researchers and policy-makers, interested in the creative and cultural industries, media and cultural studies, cultural policy and development studies.
To obtain the book, please contact book.orders@tandf.co.uk or visit https://www.routledge.com/Global-Cultural-Economy/Beukelaer-Spence/p/book/9781138670099
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