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Download or read book Cultures and Globalization written by Helmut K Anheier and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-10-03 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume, The Cultural Economy, analyzes the dynamic relationship in which culture is part of the process of economic change that in turn changes the conditions of culture. It brings together perspectives from different disciplines to examine such critical issues as: The production of cultural goods and services and the patterns of economic globalization The relationship between the commodification of the cultural economy and the aesthetic realm Current and emerging organizational forms for the investment, production, distribution and consumption of cultural goods and services The complex relations between creators, producers, distributors and consumers of culture The policy implications of a globalizing cultural economy