Not all roads lead to London: insularity, disconnection and the challenge to ‘regional’ creative industries policy

Allan Watson

Regional Studies, 2020, vol. 54, issue 11, 1574-1584

Abstract: The notion of ‘regional’ economic growth through the creative industries is rendered problematic by the socio-geographical complexities that characterize them. Addressing an important conceptual and empirical deficit in our understanding of the creative industries at and beyond the regional level, this paper develops a novel and detailed examination of the music economy in North West England. Uncovering a significant disconnection with the mainstream industry in London – an obligatory point of symbolic validation and passage to wider markets – it is argued that policy is required to support professionals in developing socio-spatial networking strategies to cope with their disconnected status.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1738012

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