Cultural Capital by Robert Hewison
The Rise and Fall of Creative Britain
A trenchant critique of recent British cultural policy, arguing that the embrace of ‘creative industries’ thinking and market-driven managerialism has commodified culture, concentrated resources in flagship urban projects and London institutions, sidelined grassroots and community arts, and reduced cultural activity to an economic growth instrument; the book calls for a reassertion of cultural democracy and public subsidy to protect diversity, local practice and the civic value of the arts against commercialization and short-term political branding.
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- 2014
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