scholarly journals Sociology, Sociology and the Cultural and Creative Industries

Sociology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-459
Author(s):  
Emma Casey ◽  
Dave O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries ◽  
Formal Establishment

Cultural and creative industries are now an established area of academic research. Yet, the welcome innovations that are associated with the development of a new field of study are also matched by confusions and conjectures. The term itself, ‘cultural and creative industries’, is the subject of extensive debate. It goes hand in hand with closely related concepts such as ‘creative economy’, as well as reflecting definitional struggles aimed at conjoining or demarcating the creative and the cultural. Many of these debates have been the subject of sociological research and research in Sociology. This collection considers that specific role of sociology, and Sociology, to the study of cultural and creative industries. The e-special issue collects articles ranging from early empirical and theoretical precursors to the formal establishment of cultural and creative industries as a field of study, to more recent work considering the coherence and usefulness of the category itself.

The Effect of Cultural and Creative Industries on Economic Development of the Cities

2016 ◽  
pp. 320-340
Author(s):  
Gokce Dervisoglu Okandan
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Cultural Planning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries

Cultural creative industries are an emerging field which gained importance on the intangible nature of the subject both for the developed and developing economies. The post- industrial discussion on many developed countries, especially after the economic crisis, is very much related with the access of human factor, intangible assets, innovation aspect of the country. This chapter discusses the role of contemporary art market in urban transformation focusing on two examples from MENA region: Turkey and the UAE. The chapter furthermore discusses different kinds of cultural planning aspect using comparative analysis of major cultural cities Istanbul, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Innovation in cultural and creative industries firms with an academic origin (CCI-USOs): The role of regional context

Technovation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 92-93 ◽  
pp. 102044 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Jesús Rodríguez-Gulías ◽  
Sara Fernández-López ◽  
David Rodeiro-Pazos
Keyword(s):  
Creative Industries ◽  
Regional Context ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries

The Market for Audit Services: The Role of Market Power

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Tracy Ti Gu ◽  
Dan A. Simunic ◽  
Michael T. Stein ◽  
Minlei Ye ◽  
Ping Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Market Power ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
Big 4 ◽  
The Subject

ABSTRACT The market for audit services has been the subject of extensive academic research since the 1970s. The prevailing view is that audit markets are characterized by tiers of suppliers (Big 4 versus non-Big 4, and industry specialists versus non-specialists) where the upper tier suppliers produce and sell a systematically higher level of assurance, while competition among suppliers within tiers is essentially perfect and a uniform price prevails within the submarkets. We discuss three papers that challenge this orthodoxy. These papers argue and find that the price of an audit is essentially unique to each (auditor, client) pair and that this price depends on both audit firm size and client size. Furthermore, audit firm size is linked with the firm's capital investments, which enhance auditor efficiency and market power. We conclude that audit markets are atomistic and that local market power is an important determinant of audit prices and audit fees.

scholarly journals The Benefit of Failure: On the Development of Ostrava’s Culture

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Suchacek
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Cultural Industries ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Traditional Industry ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries ◽  
The Town

Peculiar cultures are symptomatic for areas of traditional industry. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and evaluate cultural and creative industries in Ostrava, the third largest town of the country that at the same time constitutes a typical representative of old industrial urban fabrics in the Czech Republic. Special attention will be devoted to the emerging cultural clusters that appear to be indispensable in terms of sustainable cultural management. Unique qualities of Ostrava’s culture culminated in 2009, when the town decided to stand for the prestigious title of the European Capital of Culture. Finally, Ostrava did not succeed, nonetheless the contest vivified the discourse on Ostrava’s culture and a distinctive potential for the creation of cultural clusters was revealed. Semi-structured interviews accomplished with relevant actors of the town’s culture facilitated contextual interpretation of the role of cultural and creative industries as well as mapping the potential cultural clusters in the town. The research question posed in this article is as follows: do development effects formed by the concentration of creative and cultural industries in Ostrava exist? It turned out that the paths towards cultural management sustainability can differ substantially from recipes, which are well-proven in leading developed territories. The results of our analysis confirmed some developmental effects evoked by the concentration of cultural industries and cultural clusters in Ostrava can be identified, but genuine qualitative transformation towards a more cultural and sustainable milieu in Ostrava undoubtedly requires more time.

scholarly journals Agency, futurity and representation: Conceptualising hope in recent sociological work

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 1102-1117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Cook ◽  
Hernán Cuervo
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Individual Experience ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Political Economies ◽  
Sociological Work ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Longitudinal Case Studies

Although humanities and social science disciplines have witnessed an explosion of interest in the topic of hope in recent decades, uptake of this concept has been comparatively uneven in sociological research. Hope has garnered substantial attention in relation to topics such as health, poverty, youth and work within creative industries, while attracting sporadic interest elsewhere. However, despite this uneven engagement, studies addressing hope in each area have echoed many of the same ambiguities. We focus on two such ambiguities: the relationship between hope and futurity, and the relationship between hope and agency. Drawing on the observation that recent treatments of hope appear to either emphasise a hoped-for outcome situated in the future or focus on the role of hope in coping with the present we reframe this debate, contending that these tendencies suggest two distinct modes of hope: representational and non-representational. By reframing the relationship between hope and futurity thus we seek to, in turn, untangle the ambiguous relationship between hope and agency. We test the utility of our conceptualisations of hope by placing them into dialogue with longitudinal case studies compiled from biennial interviews and annual surveys conducted over a 10-year period. We ultimately put forward some means by which recent sociological treatments of hope can be unified, and in so doing contend that conceptualising hope not as an individual experience, but as part of broader political economies of hope can attune us to the ways in which inequalities are manifest through uneven distributions and experiences of hope.

scholarly journals The Role of Local Governments in Supporting Creative Industries—A Conceptual Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 438
Author(s):  
Jan Fazlagić ◽  
Elżbieta Izabela Szczepankiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Administrative Units

Local government relates to the public administration of towns, cities, counties, and districts. One of the key responsibilities of local government is the administrative purpose of supplying goods and services. Local governments should also represent and involve citizens in determining specific local public needs and how these local needs can be met. As the structure of gross domestic product (GDP) in many countries across the world changes, so do the expectations towards the role of local governments as far as supporting local economic growth is concerned. The administrative purpose involves creating conducive conditions for economic development. Statistical figures show that the share of the creative economy in the GDP of the most developed countries is steadily increasing. New economic sectors such as “creative industries” pose a challenge to local governments. In this paper, we present a conceptual model for measuring the efforts of local governments in developing and supporting the creative industries. The model proposed by the authors allows for the comparison of smaller administrative units such as counties regarding their advancement and commitment to supporting creative industries.

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