Cultural products are those that have high levels of "aesthetic and semiotic" content, such as music, video games, television, and fashion. Power (economic geography, Uppsala U., Sweden) and Scott (geography and policy studies, U. of California at Los Angeles, US) present 14 papers that explore the place of the cultural industries in regional and national economies. The papers, frequently referring to empirical case studies, discuss the major trends in cultural production, the city as a resource of cultural creativity, clustering processes in cultural industries, and cultural production for global markets in peripheral regions. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Since the Second World War there has been considerable growth in the importance of non-manufacturing based forms of production to the performance of many Western economies. Many countries have seen increased contributions being made by industries such as the media, entertainment and artistic sectors.
Gathering together a leading international, multi disciplinary team of researchers, this informative book presents cutting-edge perspectives on how these industries function, their place in the new economy and how they can be harnessed for urban and regional economic and social development.
