Routledge Research in the Creative and Cultural Industries
About the Book Series
This series brings together book-length original research in cultural and creative industries from a range of perspectives. Charting developments in contemporary cultural and creative industries thinking around the world, the series aims to shape the research agenda to reflect the expanding significance of the creative sector in a globalised world.
Responsible Cultural Consumption and Production: Insights From Live Experiences, Film and Fashion
1st Edition
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By Ilaria Pappalepore, Elisa Salvador
April 01, 2027
Exploring the Sustainability Development Goal for Responsible Consumption and Production, this volume provides insights from the performing arts, festivals and events, film industry, and fashion sectors. With a variety of examples and case studies, contributors illuminate the political and social ...
Foundations of Cultural Policy: J. Mark Schuster’s Legacy in the U.S. and Beyond
1st Edition
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By Carole Rosenstein, Joanna Woronkowicz
March 22, 2027
Mark Schuster was among the earliest and most influential scholars of cultural policy in the United States. A professor of urban studies and planning at MIT from 1978 until his death in 2008, he brought the habits of a planner and designer to questions of arts funding, museums, preservation, ...
Marketing Japanese Pop Culture: From Global Strategies to Regional Development
1st Edition
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By Keiko Kawamata, Norio Tajima, Toshihiko Miura
February 23, 2027
Offering a marketing-centred lens on manga, anime, games and character-driven content, this volume explores how Japanese pop culture has shaped global audiences and how it can serve as a strategic driver of local vibrancy and community identity. Drawing on key concepts such as megamarketing, ...
Creative Inequalities: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Cultural Sector
1st Edition
By Patria Román-Velázquez
December 15, 2026
The book explores social and structural inequalities that hinder participation of migrant, minoritised and racialised groups in the creative sector. Calls to create more just, equitable and inclusive cultural spaces have become prescient in the public agenda following inequalities highlighted by ...
Creative Clustering and the Video Games Industry
1st Edition
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By Darshana Jayemanne, Gregor White
October 21, 2026
This book explores game production across regional, national and global contexts. Notably, the widespread adoption of remote working practices in the video games sector challenged the entrenched idea of place-based industry clusters. The theme of “clustering” as a process enables analysis across ...
Responsible Consumption and Production in the Creative and Cultural Industries: Actions, Policies, and Strategies for a Sustainable Future
1st Edition
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By Elisa Salvador, Ilaria Pappalepore
September 28, 2026
No sector can escape the challenge of the climate crisis. This book brings together a team of academic experts to urgently examine the intersection of sustainability and the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs), particularly within the framework of Sustainable Development Goal 12 (SDG 12): ...
Creative Industries Development Policy: Critical, Global and Institutional Perspectives
1st Edition
By Leandro Valiati
July 22, 2026
The promise of Cultural and Creative Industries as a development pathway has spread with remarkable speed and, too often, with insufficient scrutiny. Through detailed analysis of policy experiments across diverse contexts, this book challenges the often-celebratory narratives around creative ...
Innovative Cultural Tourism in European Peripheries
1st Edition
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By Karol Jan Borowiecki, Antonella Fresa, José María Martín Civantos
July 20, 2026
Cultural tourism can play an important role in social and territorial cohesion. Focusing on European peripheral regions, this book illuminates the importance of local communities in heritage management for sustainable development. This book provides insights into the use of innovative business ...
Publishing as a Creative Industry
1st Edition
By Stevie Marsden
July 20, 2026
Book publishing is big business, contributing significant employment in the creative industries and adding billions to the global economy. Despite this, the sector is often overlooked in the creative industries' research tide. This book remedies this gap in knowledge, providing an examination of ...
Global Art Markets: History and Current Trends
1st Edition
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By Iain Robertson, Derrick Chong, Luís U. Afonso
June 22, 2026
The art market is worth billions globally, despite the effects of the Covid-19 health pandemic. This book brings together a strong cast of contributors to explore contemporary and historical themes. Readers of the book will gain awareness of how historical foundations of arts markets continue to ...
Artists Incorporated: Corporate Collaborations with Artists and their Impact on Business
1st Edition
By Thomas Blonski
June 17, 2026
Taking an exhaustive look at the changing relationship between artists and business organisations, this book demonstrates how artists are no longer confined to the art market. Recent developments in art, artistic work and management have fostered an unprecedented convergence between artists and ...
Business Model Innovation in Creative and Cultural Industries
1st Edition
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By Pierre Roy, Estelle Pellegrin-Boucher
May 22, 2026
Business model innovation occurs when an organization discovers a new way of creating revenues or profits via its products or services. This book examines the concept as it applies across the creative and cultural industries in practice. This book examines market, social and political environments ...