Rethinking Creative Cities Policy: Invisible Agents and Hidden Protagonists

Synopsis

In recent years, there has been high level of interest amongst policy-makers in the ‘creative city’ concept, due to the anticipation of economic and social benefits from a growing cultural and creative economy. However, a lack of understanding of local social and economic contexts, as well as the complexities and challenges of cultural production, has resulted in formulaic, ineffective misguided policies. This book is concerned, in various ways, with developing an understanding of the complex dimensions of cultural production, and with tackling the often weak and implied links between research, policy and urban planning. In particular, contributors are concerned with agents, protagonists and practices that appear to be somehow invisible to, hidden from, or indeed ignored in much contemporary creative cities policy. Drawing on case studies from the UK and the Netherlands, chapters consider creative industries and policy across a range of scales, from provincial cities and regional economies, to the global cities of London and Amsterdam. This book was originally published as a special issue of European Planning Studies.

Copyright:

2016

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

108 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781317495413

Related ISBNs:

9781138890084, 9781317495390, 9781317495406, 9781315712598, 9781138085336

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

01/26/24

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N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Earth Sciences

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Allan Watson

Edited by:

Calvin Taylor