2016
DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2016.1201651
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The creative economy: invention of a global orthodoxy

Abstract: This essay considers how policy thinking about culture has been steadily transformed into an overwhelmingly economic subject matter whose central trope is the "creative economy". The development of current ideas and their background are discussed. Policy ideas first fully developed in the UK have had a global resonance: the illustrative examples of the European Union and the United Nations are discussed. The embedding of creative economy thinking in British cultural institutions such as the BBC and cultural su… Show more

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“…Creative industries and their operator‐creative class are dependent upon policy formulation if they are to protect both economic and social outcomes, as well to improve regional and urban competitiveness (Chapain, Clifton, & Comunian, 2013; Gruia et al, 2019; Kipfer & Keil, 2002; Kozina & Bole, 2017; Kozina, Istenič, & Komac, 2019; Schlesinger, 2017). Cultural and creative industries are enjoined to promote cities at an international level and to attract investment, as well as to enrich the creative class (Bayliss, 2007).…”
Section: Literature Review: the Link Between The Creative Economy Andmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Creative industries and their operator‐creative class are dependent upon policy formulation if they are to protect both economic and social outcomes, as well to improve regional and urban competitiveness (Chapain, Clifton, & Comunian, 2013; Gruia et al, 2019; Kipfer & Keil, 2002; Kozina & Bole, 2017; Kozina, Istenič, & Komac, 2019; Schlesinger, 2017). Cultural and creative industries are enjoined to promote cities at an international level and to attract investment, as well as to enrich the creative class (Bayliss, 2007).…”
Section: Literature Review: the Link Between The Creative Economy Andmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This phase of the present cultural turn has been the subject of an extensive literature (e.g., Oakley and O'Connor, 2015;Jones et al, 2015) and having recently summed up the global orthodoxy and its key dimensions, I will not repeat myself here (Schlesinger, 2017). It is worth noting, however, that the United Nations (2013) has contributed to the globalisation of what is now a protean agenda -it fits both authoritarian and democratic regimes like a glove, because they are all united in their nationalism.…”
Section: The Creative Economymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One of the small and medium industry sectors that is growing rapidly is the creative industry. [2] published data that the contribution of the creative economy sector to Indonesia's GDP increased from Rp784 trillion in 2014 to Rp852 Trillion in 2015. In general, the creative economy sector contributed 7.38% to the Indonesian economy.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%