The Economy As Cultural System

Author : Paul du Gay,Michael Pryke
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412931908

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Cultural Economy by Paul du Gay,Michael Pryke Pdf

Phrases such as `corporate culture′, `market culture′ and the `knowledge economy′, have now become familiar clarion calls in the world of work. They are calls that have echoed through organizations and markets. Clearly something is happening to the ways markets and organizations are being represented and intervened in and this signals a need to reassess their very constitution. In particular, the once clean divide that placed the economy, dealt with mainly by economists, on one side, and culture, addressed chiefly by those in anthropology, sociology and the other `cultural sciences′, on the other, can no longer hold. This volume presents the work of an international group of academics from a range of disciplines including sociology, media and cultural studies, social anthropology and geography, all of whom are involved not only in thinking `culture′ into the economy but thinking culture and economy together.

Author : Christopher Ray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Economic development
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112200212

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Culture Economies by Christopher Ray Pdf

Author : Helmut K Anheier,Yudhishthir Raj Isar,Annie Paul,Stuart Cunningham
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412934732

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Cultures and Globalization by Helmut K Anheier,Yudhishthir Raj Isar,Annie Paul,Stuart Cunningham Pdf

This second volume, The Cultural Economy, analyzes the dynamic relationship in which culture is part of the process of economic change that in turn changes the conditions of culture. It brings together perspectives from different disciplines to examine such critical issues as: The production of cultural goods and services and the patterns of economic globalization The relationship between the commodification of the cultural economy and the aesthetic realm Current and emerging organizational forms for the investment, production, distribution and consumption of cultural goods and services The complex relations between creators, producers, distributors and consumers of culture The policy implications of a globalizing cultural economy

Author : Todd Dufresne,Clara Sacchetti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441118974

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The Economy as Cultural System by Todd Dufresne,Clara Sacchetti Pdf

The 2008 global crisis, unemployment, lack of retirement funds, bank bailouts... today, the "economy" is on everyone's mind. But what makes this rather opaque concept work? This collection of essays seeks out the answer by exploring contemporary capitalism from a variety of theoretical perspectives and by confronting the economy as a cultural system, a theory, and a driving force of every day life in the West. The first part of the book discusses past and present representation of capitalism (from Hegel and Marx to Negri and Florida) along with their continuing impact. The second part focuses on capitalism as a locus of power and resistance, and maps possible responses to the current situation. The roles of metaphor and discourse is examined throughout to rethink the implications of power in the context of globalization and consumer culture. Each chapter features an abstract, study questions, as well as further reading suggestions, which, along with its accessible theoretical coverage, will make the book an essential study tool for students in social and political thought, globalization, and social theory.

Author : Todd Dufresne,Clara Sacchetti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441193452

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The Economy as Cultural System by Todd Dufresne,Clara Sacchetti Pdf

The 2008 global crisis, unemployment, lack of retirement funds, bank bailouts... today, the "economy" is on everyone's mind. But what makes this rather opaque concept work? This collection of essays seeks out the answer by exploring contemporary capitalism from a variety of theoretical perspectives and by confronting the economy as a cultural system, a theory, and a driving force of every day life in the West. The first part of the book discusses past and present representation of capitalism (from Hegel and Marx to Negri and Florida) along with their continuing impact. The second part focuses on capitalism as a locus of power and resistance, and maps possible responses to the current situation. The roles of metaphor and discourse is examined throughout to rethink the implications of power in the context of globalization and consumer culture. Each chapter features an abstract, study questions, as well as further reading suggestions, which, along with its accessible theoretical coverage, will make the book an essential study tool for students in social and political thought, globalization, and social theory.

Author : Eelke de Jong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000476484

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Economic Ideas, Policy and National Culture by Eelke de Jong Pdf

All human beings develop a certain view on the world. Inhabitants of the same country are likely to develop similar worldviews. The common part of these views constitutes the country’s national culture. Consequently, academic economists, policymakers, and the population at large are consistently exposed to the same opinions on the preferred way of organizing an economy. This book explores the economic impacts of these shared cultural values, focusing on the economies of the United States of America, Germany, and France. These three countries broadly represent three different types of economic organization and their corresponding economic ideologies: a free market economy, a coordinated market economy, and a hierarchical market economy. The contributors to this edited volume have examined the extent to which the shared worldviews between academic economists, policymakers, and the wider population impact these economies. In particular, the chapters investigate the consequences for the design of the labor market, the financial system, competition policy, and monetary policy. The work also explores the extent to which the shared views on national culture and economic systems and policies in these countries contribute to the population’s well-being overall. This book makes an invaluable contribution to the literature on comparative economics, economic policy, well-being and cultural economics.

Author : Isabel Capeloa Gil,Helena Gonçalves da Silva
Publisher : ISSN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3110634546

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The Cultural Life of Money by Isabel Capeloa Gil,Helena Gonçalves da Silva Pdf

The book discusses how culture simultaneously shapes and is shaped by the economy. Over the past few years, as the world has staggered from one financial crisis to another, the neat separation of economics and culture has been consistently challenged. To understand the current state of affairs, it has become increasingly necessary to understand the conjuncture that rules the production of value in economic systems, how money shapes social relations and affects discursive practices. By discussing the vocabulary, by understanding the rhetoric and interpreting the narratives, be it of crisis, austerity, growth, welfare, neo-liberalism or socialism, new modes of imaging the economic system may be made possible. The book is structured in four chapters dealing with theory and conjuncture ("Philosophies of Money"), with the visual arts and investment ("The Arts and Finance"), with literary representation and narrativity ("Literature and Money Matters") and with the cognitive impact of fiduciary representation ("Cognitive Moneyscapes"). This collection analyses the process whereby a material icon invested with the symbolical power to rule social exchange becomes an explanatory narrative determining the way societies produce meaning.

Author : Christiaan De Beukelaer,Kim-Marie Spence
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317209041

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Global Cultural Economy by Christiaan De Beukelaer,Kim-Marie Spence Pdf

Global Cultural Economy critically interrogates the role cultural and creative industries play in societies. By locating these industries in their broader cultural and economic contexts, Christiaan De Beukelaer and Kim-Marie Spence combine their repertoires of empirical work across four continents to define the ‘cultural economy’ as the system of production, distribution, and consumption of cultural goods and services, as well as the cultural, economic, social, and political contexts in which it operates. Each chapter introduces and discusses a different theme, such as inclusion, diversity, sustainability, and ownership, highlighting the tensions around them to elicit an active engagement with possible and provisional solutions. The themes are explored through case studies including Bollywood, Ghanaian music, the Korean Wave, Jamaican Reggae, and the UN Creative Economy Reports. Written with students, researchers, and policy-makers in mind, Global Cultural Economy is ideal for anyone interested in the creative and cultural industries, media and cultural studies, cultural policy, and development studies.

Author : C. D. Throsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521586399

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Economics and Culture by C. D. Throsby Pdf

In an increasingly globalised world, economic and cultural imperatives can be seen as two of the most powerful forces shaping human behaviour. This book considers the relationship between economics and culture both as areas of intellectual discourse, and as systems of societal organisation. Adopting a broad definition of culture, it explores the economic dimensions of culture, and the cultural context of economics. The book is built on a foundation of value theory, developing the twin notions of economic and cultural value as underlying principles for integrating the two fields. Ideas of cultural capital and sustainability are discussed, especially as means of analysing the particular problems of cultural heritage, drawing parallels with the treatment of natural capital in ecological economics. The book goes on to discuss the economics of creativity in the production of cultural goods and services; culture in economic development; the cultural industries; and cultural policy.

Author : Richard R Wilk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429974892

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Economies and Cultures by Richard R Wilk Pdf

This synthesis of modern economic anthropology goes to the heart of a thriving subdiscipline and identifies the fundamental practical and theoretical problems that give economic anthropology its unique strengths and vision. More than any other anthropological subdiscipline, economic anthropology constantly questions and debates the practical motives of people as they go about their daily lives. Tracing the history of the dialogue between anthropology and economics, the authors move economic anthropology beyond the narrow concerns of earlier debates and place the field directly at the centre of current issues in the social sciences. They focus on the unique strengths of economic anthropology as a meeting place for symbolic and materialist approaches and for understanding human beings as both practical and cultural. In so doing, the authors argue for the wider relevance of economic anthropology to applied anthropology and identify other avenues for interaction with economics, sociology, and other social and behavioural sciences. The second edition of Economies and Cultures contains an entirely new chapter on gifts and exchange that critically approaches the new literature in this area, as well as a thoroughly updated bibliography and guide for students for finding case studies in economic anthropology.

Author : William F. Ryan
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Culture
ISBN : 9780889367821

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Culture, Spirituality, and Economic Development by William F. Ryan Pdf

Culture, Spirituality and Economic Development: Opening a dialogue

Author : Allen J Scott
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-08-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446264423

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The Cultural Economy of Cities by Allen J Scott Pdf

Culture is big business. It is at the root of many urban regeneration schemes throughout the world, yet the economy of culture is under-theorized and under-developed. In this wide-ranging and penetrating volume, the economic logic and structure of the modern cultural industries is explained. The connection between cultural production and urban-industrial concentration is demonstrated and the book shows why global cities are the homelands of the modern cultural industries. This book covers many sectors of cultural economy, from craft industries such as clothing and furniture, to modern media industries such as cinema and music recording. The role of the global city as a source of creative and innovative energy is examined in detail, with particular attention paid to Paris and Los Angeles.

Author : Mike Featherstone
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1990-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803983220

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Global Culture by Mike Featherstone Pdf

In this book leading social scientists from many countries analyze the extent to which we are seeing a globalization of culture. Is a unified world culture emerging? And if so, how does this relate to existing cultural divisions and to the autonomy of the nation state? Differing explanations are offered for trends towards global unification and their relation to an economic world-system. Will the intensification of global contact produce increasing tolerance of other cultures? Or will an integrating culture produce sharper reactions in the form of fundamentalist and nationalist movements? The contributors explore the emergence of `third cultures', such as international law, the financial markets and media conglomerates, as

Author : Biljana Mickov,James E. Doyle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315436395

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Culture, Innovation and the Economy by Biljana Mickov,James E. Doyle Pdf

This is a handbook for the cultural entrepreneur, offering some of the best examples on practice, franchises, research, innovation and business opportunities in the cultural sector. The key theme is the contribution and possibilities of the cultural economy as a business, with a strong supporting subtext on innovative practice. The book illustrates the theme by providing multiple practice-based and empirical examples from an international panel of experts. Each contribution provides an accessible and easily accessed bank of knowledge on which existing practice can be grown and new projects undertaken. It provides an eclectic mix of possibilities that reinforce and underscore the full innovative and complex potential of the cultural economy. Topics include a review of the global and regional economic benefits of the cultural economy, evidence-based analysis of the culture industries, and an outline of the top ten cultural opportunities for business. This collection transcends the space between theory and practice to combine culture and innovation and understand their importance to a wider economy. This is essential reading for researchers and practitioners interested in entrepreneurship, non-profit management, art and visual culture, and public finance.

Author : Li Yining
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000197112

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Cultural Economics by Li Yining Pdf

Culture is a priceless inheritance and source of wellbeing that is of immense value to humankind. Cultural economics set out to examine the nature and social benefits of cultural products and phenomena as they exist in the market. This volume is the masterpiece of Li Yining, one of the best-known Chinese economists, active in devoting his attention to the role of culture in the economy since the 1950s. Considering the importance of culture in the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the author combines cultural history, economic history, and the history of economic thought to produce unique perspectives. This book not only introduces the central concepts of cultural economics and the culture industry, but proposes several groundbreaking views that greatly influenced the culture policies of China, including cultural adjustment, cultural confidence, and cultural checks and balances. Researchers and students of economics, cultural studies, and Chinese politics, as well as policy makers, will benefit from this volume.