Creative and Cultural Work in Europe

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Av Bård Kleppe, Jaka Primorac, Miikka Pyykkönen, David Wright, Bard Kleppe, Miikka Pyykkonen

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This book gathers evidence and case studies from various parts of Europe and across the different sectors that comprise the creative industries, including the visual and performing arts, popular music, the platform economy, and film.The creative economy has been lauded by national and regional governments for its job-creating potential, even though the jobs created might be insecure or poorly paid. This edited collection emerges from a research network examining this contradiction. It gathers empirical material and case studies across European creative sectors to explore how creative work is perceived by both workers and policymakers, and how these understandings shape practical worker support. The volume brings together renowned European experts from cultural sociology, cultural studies, and creative labour research. Combining cross-national writing teams with focused national case studies, it provides comprehensive insights into diverse creative economies across Europe. Addressing the tension between the creative economy's promise and workers lived experiences, it examines how cultural and economic policies intersect with social inequalities, determining who can access and thrive in creative careers. The research reveals both the challenges facing creative workers and emerging strategies for creating more equitable opportunities. Through analysis of macro-level policy frameworks alongside micro-level worker experiences, the book offers nuanced perspectives and examines the structural factors that shape the conditions of creative work.With insights from renowned European experts, Creative and Cultural Work in Europe will be of value to those studying and researching cultural policy, labour studies and the creative industries more broadly.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-03-23
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Research in the Creative and Cultural Industries
Antal sidor348
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032978130

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Teater inom Kultur
Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Projektledning inom Ekonomi och ledarskap
Organisation och ägarskap inom Ekonomi och ledarskap

Miikka Pyykkönen is Professor of Cultural Policy in the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä. He specialises in cultural policy, creative economy and ethnopolitics, but his research interests also cover entrepreneurship, cultural participation of youth, government and governance, and social theory.Jaka Primorac works as a Scientific Advisor at the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Zagreb, with research interests in the field of cultural and creative industries, cultural labour, cultural policy and digital culture.Bård Kleppe works as a Research Professor at the Telemark Research Institute. He has conducted several research projects on cultural policy, artists' working conditions and the creative sector.David Wright is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick, where he teaches and researches cultural policy and cultural work.

1. Introduction: Approaching Creative and Cultural Work in Europe2. Measuring Matters: Mapping Creative and Cultural Work in Europe3. Creativity, and the ‘Work’ of Art: Visual Artists’ Perspectives.4. Pluriverses of Creative Work: Exploring effects of COVID-19 pandemic on cultural workers in SEE5. Income and Gender Differences in Creative Work6. Patterns in Artistic Careers: Embracing uncertainty or navigating interplay between contexts7. “Oh my God! What have I done all day?”: Challenges of Measuring the Value of Creative Work8. Creation Factories: Improving the Support to Creative Work through an Innovative Cultural Policy9. Welfare Policy as Cultural Policy in the UK: From Enterprise Allowance to Universal Credit10. Building Creative Careers Through Working Relations11. From Precarity to Security? How Cultural Policies Can Tackle the Challenging Working Conditions of the Creative Self-Employees in Europe?12. Trajectory of Film Work as Precarious Project Work: From Organisations of Associated Labour, through Semi-permanent Workgroups to Gig Jobs13. The creative middle class: Between neoliberalism and commonism14. How to Move Things with Unions? Labour Organising of Art Workers in Post-Yugoslav Context15. Creative Labour as Platform Work: Structural Inequalities and Digital Peripheries16. Universal Basic Income and the Future of (Creative) Work.17. Ecologically Sustainable Creative Work?18. Navigating Boundaries: Challenges and Impacts of Migrants’ Creative Work in Europe19. Conclusion: Supporting Creative and Cultural Work in Europe