Cultural Industries and the Production of Culture

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.The Cultural Industries and the Production of Culturecollects together a leading international, multi disciplinary team of researchers and presents in an accessible fashion, 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.

Yuko Aoyama (Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley) is an Assistant Professor and Henry J. Leir Faculty Fellow of Geography at Clark University, USA Harald Bathelt is Professor of Economic Geography at the Faculty of Geography, Philipps-University of Marburg Nicolas Bautes is completing a Ph.D. in Geography at the University Denis Diderot, Paris 7 Neil Coe is a Lecturer in the School of Geography at the University of Manchester John Connell is Professor of Geography, University of Sydney Louise Crewe is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Nottingham Shaun French is currently Lecturer in Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham Chris Gibson is Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of New South Wales. Together with John Connell he has written Music and Tourism (Channel View, 2004) and Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places: Contemporary Aboriginal Music in Australia (with Peter Dunbar-Hall, UNSW Press, 2004) Daniel Hallencreutz is Managing Director of a research consultancy company called Intersecta and affiliated to the Centre for Research on Innovation and Industrial Dynamics at Uppsala University Jennifer Johns is currently completing a Ph.D. at the School of Geography, University of Manchester Andrew Leyshon is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham Angela McRobbie is Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths College London Justin O'Connor has been Director of the Manchester Institute of Popular Culture MIPC since 1995 and is also Reader in Sociology at the Manchester Metropolitan University Jane Pollard is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne Dominic Power is an Associate Professor in Economic Geography at Uppsala University Andy Pratt is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the London School of Economics and Politics Science Norma Rantisi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Walter Santagata is Professor of Economics at Turin University Allen J. Scott is Professor with joint appointments in the Department of Geography and the Department of Policy Studies at UCLA Nigel Thrift is Head of the Division of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Oxford Elodie Valette has a Ph.D. in Geography. She works on social and economic innovation processes in rural and peri-urban territories in France and other Western countries Peter Webb is currently a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Birmingham