Cultures and Globalization; The Cultural Economy

by Helmut K Anheier

• ISBN13: 9781412934749
• ISBN10: 1412934745
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-03
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

This second volume, The Cultural Economy , analyzes the dynamic relationship in which culture is part of the process of economic change that in turn changes the conditions of culture. It brings together perspectives from different disciplines to examine such critical issues as: The production of cultural goods and services and the patterns of economic globalization The relationship between the commodification of the cultural economy and the aesthetic realm Current and emerging organizational forms for the investment, production, distribution and consumption of cultural goods and services The complex relations between creators, producers, distributors and consumers of culture The policy implications of a globalizing cultural economy

Table of Contents

The Cultural Economy Today

Cultural Economy

The Shape of the Field

Globalization and Localization

Globalization and the Cultural Economy

A Crisis of Value?

Locating the Cultural Economy

The Global Cultural Economy

Power, Citizenship and Dissent

Strange Bedfellows

Law and Culture

Actors and Forms

Free Culture and Creative Commons

Cultural Entrepreneurs

Producing Cultural Value and Wealth

The Intergovernmental Policy Actors

Regional Realities

Globalization and the Cultural Economy

Africa

Globalization and the Crafts in South Asia

East Asia

the Global-Regional Dynamic

The New Korean Wave of U

The Impact of Globalization on the Cultural Industries of Central Asia

European Cultural Systems in Turmoil

Countries in Transition

Which Way to Go?

Southeastern Europe

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