The Cultural Industries Production System: A Case Study of Employment Change in Britain, 1984–91

Abstract

The cultural industries sector employed 4.5% of all employees in Britain in 1991: equal in size to the construction industry, or to the combined employment in the Agricultural, and the Extractive Industries. However, this sector has remained relatively under analyzed in both the geographical and planning literature. The paper begins by defining the Cultural Industries Production System (CIPS). The second part operationalizes this definition with respect to secondary sources on employment in the CIPS in Britain. The third part considers the change in the employment structure of the CIPS between 1984 and 1991, and finally, the paper addresses the regional patterns of employment in the CIPS with particular emphasis upon particular emphasis upon London London and the South East.

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