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 …

Contemporary society is complex; governed and administered by a range of contradictory
policies, practices and techniques. Nowhere are these contradictions more keenly felt than …

At its heart this book is about innovation and the innovation process. On the way, it considers
aesthetics, design, creativity and the creative industries, and a number of other similar …

A critical cultural materialist introduction to the study of global entertainment media. In Global
Entertainment Media, Tanner Mirrlees undertakes an analysis of the ownership, production …

The second edition of Arts Management has been thoroughly revised to provide an updated,
comprehensive overview of this fast-changing subject. Arts managers and students alike are …

Can attending live theatre improve empathy by immersing audience members in the stories
of others? We tested this question across three field studies (n= 1622), including a pre …

America's independent films often seem to defy classification. Their strategies of storytelling
and representation range from raw, no-budget projects to more polished releases of …

Art and Value is the first comprehensive analysis of art's political economy throughout
classical, neoclassical and Marxist economics. It provides a critical-historical survey of the …

Problem: In the last two decades, urban economic development has shifted its focus from
industrial recruitment to talent and human capital, including art and culture. Many have …

It is widely agreed that one of the core functions of government is to supply public goods that
markets either fail to provide or cannot provide efficiently. I will suggest that arguments for …