Cultural Policy
Management, Value and Modernity in the Creative Industries
By Dave O'Brien
To Be Published October 8th 2013 by Routledge – 192 pages
Description
Contemporary society is complex; governed and administered by a range of contradictory policies, practices and techniques. Nowhere are these contradictions more keenly felt than in cultural policy. This book uses insights from a range of disciplines to aid the reader in understanding contemporary cultural policy.
Drawing on a range of case studies, including analysis of the reality of work in the creative industries, urban regeneration and current government cultural policy in the UK, the book discusses the idea of value in the cultural sector, showing how value plays out in cultural organizations.
Uniquely, the book crosses disciplinary boundaries to present a thorough introduction to the subject. As a result, the book will be of interest to a range of scholars across arts management, public and nonprofit management, cultural studies, sociology and political science. It will also be essential reading for those working in the arts, culture and public policy.
Reviews
'Dave O'Brien's book strikes the right balance between a well-made introduction to all basic notions and issues in the cultural policy and a wide array of rich and always stimulating case studies. It is a timely book, which helps rethink and reinvent new ways of practicing cultural policy in a moment of great challenges for the creative industries.'
Jan Baetens, University of Leuven, Belgium
'This is a timely, and pertinent text in the arena of cultural policy, addressing all the main issues in relation to cultural policy and its various manifestations in the UK, this is a textbook that is long overdue and essential for undergraduate and postgraduate students across a range of disciplines that might include Cultural Management, Tourism Management/Development, Museum Management and Curatorship, Arts Management'
Clare Carruthers, University of Ulster, UK
Contents
1. Introduction 2. Modernity, Government and the Social Life of Methods: Defining the Context for Cultural Policy 3. Whose Culture?: Participation and Consumption in Contemporary Life 4. ‘Beats Working for a Living': Life in the Creative Economy 5. Changing Places: The End of the Golden Age of Culture-Led Regeneration 6. The Value of Culture: Theories of ‘Public Value’ and Cultural Organizations 7. Conclusion
Author Bio
Dave O'Brien is Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries at City University, UK. He specializes in cultural value and urban cultural policy issues and has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Liverpool, UK. His work on cultural value includes a recent secondment and report to the UK's Department for Culture Media and Sport, along with several conference papers and forthcoming research articles
Name: Cultural Policy: Management, Value and Modernity in the Creative Industries (Hardback) – Routledge
Description: By Dave O'Brien. Contemporary society is complex; governed and administered by a range of contradictory policies, practices and techniques. Nowhere are these contradictions more keenly felt than in cultural policy. This book uses insights from a range of disciplines to...
Categories: Public Management, Arts Administration, Public Policy, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, NonProfit Management, Culture, Leisure Management