China''s New Creative Clusters

China''s New Creative Clusters

EnglishEbook
Keane, Michael
Taylor & Francis Ltd
EAN: 9781136345852
Available online
CZK 1,635
Common price CZK 1,817
Discount 10%
pc

Detailed information

Recognising that creativity is a major driving force in the post-industrial economy, the Chinese government has recently established a range of "creative clusters" – industrial parks devoted to media industries, and arts districts – in order to promote the development of the creative industries. This book examines these new creative clusters, outlining their nature and purpose, and assessing their effectiveness. Drawing on case studies of a range of cluster models, and comparing them with international examples, the book demonstrates that creativity, both in China and internationally, is in fact a process of fitting new ideas to existing patterns, models and formats. It shows how large and exceptionally impressive creative clusters have been successfully established, but raises the important questions of whether profit or culture is the driving force, and of whether the bringing together of independent-minded, creative people, entrepreneurial businessmen, preferential policies and foreign investment may in time lead to unintended changes in social and political attitudes in China, including a weakening of state bureaucratic power. An important contribution to the existing literature on the subject, this book will be of great interest to scholars of urban studies, cultural geography, cultural economics and Asian studies.

EAN 9781136345852
ISBN 113634585X
Binding Ebook
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication date March 1, 2013
Pages 216
Language English
Country United Kingdom
Authors Keane, Michael
Series Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia