Popular music and the state in the UK [electronic resource] : culture, trade, or industry? / Martin Cloonan.
Amidst the rise of the free market and economic globalization, Martin Cloonan examines why politicians and policymakers in the UK have sought to intervene in popular music?a field that has often been held up as the epitome of the free market form. Cloonan traces the development of government attitud...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2007.
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| Series: | Ashgate popular and folk music series.
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| Summary: | Amidst the rise of the free market and economic globalization, Martin Cloonan examines why politicians and policymakers in the UK have sought to intervene in popular music?a field that has often been held up as the epitome of the free market form. Cloonan traces the development of government attitudes and policies towards popular music from the 1950s to the present, discovering the prominence of two overlapping concerns: public order and the political economy of music. Since the music industry began to lobby politicians, an inherent tension has become apparent with economic rationale on one si. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 166 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-157) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754687870 0754687872 0754653730 9780754653738 1281894044 9781281894045 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |