The Creative Industries: Culture and Policy
Moving from age-old warnings about the influence of the cultural industry to a tentative embrace of a global creative society, Terry Flew's new book provides an excellent overview of this exciting fieldof research and practice. He effortlessly connects the dots in studies on management, production, law, policy, and labor that collectively shape our understanding of the creative industries. Warmly recommended for students and policymakers alikeMark DeuzeIndiana University, author of 'Media Work' and editor of 'Managing Media Work'Nothing grows quite so fast in the creative industries as the debates about them.  Yet these have been accented differently in different countries and across the different policy domains - cultural, economic, educational, and technological.  Offering a lucid and comprehensive review of these debates, Terry Flew casts a well-informed eye on the place the creative industries occupy in today's increasingly globalised cultural economyTony BennettCentre for Cultural Research, University of Western SydneyA comprehensive text on the state of the art of the creative industries. The book effectively populates the emergent field of the creative industries; dealing with both definitions and reach, as well as interactions and implications. Whilst all the time maintaining a running commentary on the ebb and flow of both the academic debates (from cultural studies, cultural economics, organisational studies, economic geography and urban sociology) and the policy initiatives that seek to frame the field for outsiders.An ideal primer for those both new to the field, and those within it, seeking a broader perspectiveAndy C PrattProfessor of Culture, Media and Economy, at Culture, Media and Creative Industries (CMCI), King's College LondonThis book has disciplinary value while also opening up and informing debate on some of the most pressing cultural and policy issues of our day... if you have only got one book on in your Kindle focussing on the creative industries, this is the one to choose. (Lelia Green 2013-11-07)