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, this book discusses the idea of value in the cultural sector, showing how value plays out in cultural organizations.

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

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