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Not all roads lead to London: insularity, disconnection and the challenge to ‘regional’ creative industries policy
The notion of ‘regional’ economic growth through the creative industries is rendered problematic by the socio-geographical complexities that characterise 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 - the paper argues that policy is required to support professionals in developing socio-spatial networking strategies to cope with their disconnected status.
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Royal Geographical Society
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- Social Sciences and Humanities
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- Geography and Environment
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Regional StudiesVolume
54Issue
11Pages
1574 - 1584Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Regional Studies AssociationPublisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Regional Studies on 6 April 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00343404.2020.1738012.Acceptance date
2020-02-28Publication date
2020-04-06Copyright date
2020ISSN
0034-3404eISSN
1360-0591Publisher version
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- en
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Dr Allan Watson. Deposit date: 29 February 2020Usage metrics
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