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A study of social‐market interventions in the shaping of the field of cultural production
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Neelands, Jonothan, Freakley, Viv and Lindsay, Geoff (2006) A study of social‐market interventions in the shaping of the field of cultural production. International Journal of Cultural Policy, Volume 12 (Number 1). pp. 93-109. doi:10.1080/10286630600613374
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10286630600613374
Abstract
A social analysis based on extensive evaluation of the Dance and Drama Awards programme reveals the social‐market political paradigm underpinning the formation of cultural policy in the UK underthe New Labour government. This specific intervention in the field of cultural production is placed in the context of broader government interventions in the cultural domain that seek to give respect to undervalued social and cultural groups. There is a political analysis of the characteristics of the social‐market political formation that underpin New Labour’s “affirmative” actions, and the political strategies informing the government’s “access” and “inclusion” agendas and their impact on the cultural and creative industries. The authors argue that the construction of a “social‐market” position in New Labour’s cultural policy represents an attempt to bridge or “hyphenate” the contradictory claims of social democracy, on the one hand, and economic fatalism, on the other. Despite the rhetoric of social and cultural “transformation”, the authors argue that a “faith” in the market prevents New Labour from transforming the political‐economic and cultural structures that generate economic and cultural injustices.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Cultural Policy | ||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
| ISSN: | 1028-6632 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2006 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 12 | ||||
| Number: | Number 1 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 93-109 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/10286630600613374 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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