David Hesmondhalgh|Andy C. Pratt
Cultural industries and cultural policy
The Open University|London School of Economics and Political Science|The Open University|London School of Economics and Political Science
article analyses contextualises variety relationships cultural industries cultural policya principal aim examine policies explicitly formulated cultural creative industries policiesit seeks address questions lies behind policieshow relate kinds cultural policy including oriented towards media communications arts heritagethe first section asks cultural industries became important idea cultural policy industries largely invisible traditional arts heritagebased policy many decadeswhat changed drove major changesin second section look number problems conceptual tensions arise new importance cultural industries contemporary public policy including problems concerning definition scope accurate mapping sector also tensions surrounding insertion commercial industrial culture cultural policy regimes characterised legacies romanticism idealismwe also look problems surrounding academic division labour area studyin final section conclude summarising main contemporary challenges facing cultural policy cultural policy studies regard cultural industries