The Economics of Cultural Policy

by David Throsby

• ISBN13: 9780521868259
• ISBN10: 0521868254
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-05
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Cultural policy is changing. Traditionally, cultural policies have been concerned with providing financial support for the arts, for cultural heritage and for institutions such as museums and galleries. In recent years, around the world, interest has grown in the creative industries as a source of innovation and economic dynamism. This book argues that an understanding of the nature of both the economic and the cultural value created by the cultural sector is essential to good policy-making. The book is the first comprehensive account of the application of economic theory and analysis to the broad field of cultural policy. It deals with general principles of policy-making in the cultural arena as seen from an economic point of view, and goes on to examine a range of specific cultural policy areas, including the arts, heritage, the cultural industries, urban development, tourism, education, trade, cultural diversity, economic development, intellectual property and cultural statistics.

Author Biography

David Throsby is internationally known for his research and writing in the economics of art and culture. He is Professor of Economics at Macquarie University, Sydney, and has been a consultant to many government departments and private corporations, and to international agencies, including FAO, OECD, UNESCO, the World Bank, UNDP and UNCTAD. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Cultural Economics, the International Journal of Cultural Policy, Poetics and the Pacific Economic Bulletin. He is a co-editor (with Victor Ginsburgh) of the Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The changing face of cultural policy	p. 1
The policy response	p. 5
Outline of the book	p. 8
The scope of cultural policy	p. 14
Introduction	p. 14
Cultural goods and services	p. 15
Value and valuation	p. 17
Composition of the cultural sector	p. 22
Production, distribution, consumption	p. 24
Cultural policy in government administration	p. 28
Conclusions	p. 30
The policy process	p. 32
Introduction	p. 32
Economic objectives of cultural policy	p. 34
Artistic and cultural objectives of cultural policy	p. 41
Instruments	p. 45
Monitoring and evaluation	p. 53
Conclusions	p. 55
Arts policy	p. 58
Introduction	p. 58
What is arts policy today?	p. 59
Direct support	p. 63
Indirect support	p. 73
The role of the individual artist	p. 80
Conclusions	p. 83
Appendix to Chapter 4	p. 84
Cultural industries	p. 88
Introduction	p. 88
Conceptualising the cultural industries' role in the economy	p. 90
Assessing the economic contribution of the cultural industries	p. 93
Industry dynamics: economic and cultural growth	p. 98
Policy strategies for the cultural industries	p. 100
Conclusions	p. 103
Cultural heritage	p. 106
Introduction	p. 106
Heritage as asset	p. 107
Value	p. 108
Policy issues in heritage management	p. 113
Public policy and built heritage	p. 117
Public policy and moveable heritage	p. 121
Public policy and intangible heritage	p. 125
International dimensions to heritage policy	p. 126
Conclusions	p. 127
Culture in urban and regional development	p. 131
Introduction	p. 131
Concepts	p. 132
Creativity in an urban context	p. 136
The role of architecture	p. 140
Policy conclusions	p. 142
Tourism	p. 146
Introduction	p. 146
Economic aspects of tourism	p. 147
Cultural issues in mass tourism	p. 151
Cultural tourism as a niche market	p. 152
Policy conclusions	p. 154
Culture in the international economy	p. 157
Introduction	p. 157
Cultural trade	p. 158
Non-trade issues in international cultural relations	p. 166
Conclusions	p. 169
Cultural diversity	p. 171
Introduction	p. 171
The value of cultural diversity	p. 171
The origins of diversity as an issue in cultural policy	p. 173
The UNESCO Convention process	p. 175
Policy implications	p. 177
Conclusions	p. 179
Arts education	p. 181
Introduction	p. 181
Economic analysis of education	p. 181
Arts education in schools	p. 184
Education and training of artists	p. 186
Education as a determinant of arts consumption	p. 188
Conclusions	p. 189
Culture in economic development	p. 191
Introduction	p. 191
Culture in development	p. 192
Culture and sustainability	p. 194
Policy implications	p. 196
Conclusions	p. 197
Intellectual property	p. 199
Introduction	p. 199
The economic basis for copyright	p. 200
Administration of artists' rights: the economic rationale for collecting societies	p. 203
The effect of new technologies	p. 208
International regulation of copyright	p. 209
Copyright in development	p. 210
Conclusions	p. 211
Cultural statistics	p. 214
Introduction	p. 214
Types of cultural statistics	p. 215
Some special-purpose statistics	p. 224
Towards a new framework for cultural statistics	p. 227
Conclusions	p. 229
Conclusions	p. 231
References	p. 237
Name index	p. 260
Subject index	p. 265
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