Steht die als frei und unabhängig angenommene Kunst und Kulturarbeit im Widerspruch zu ihrer bürokratisch und an Sachzwängen orientierten Finanzierung? Das Diskussionspapier prüft diese These auf der Grundlage von anonymisierten Gruppengesprächen mit den Akteur:innen aus zwei Kunstvereinen....

A challenging question in moral philosophy is how to gauge the achievement of equity between individuals when people differ in their preferences, and in particular where some people might have “expensive tastes”, in that the goods necessary to bring them to a certain level of welfare are...

There are over 9,000 public libraries in the United States servicing more than 1.5 billion people and raising over $11.5 billion dollars in revenue with approximately 8% of this total coming from donations. This paper analyzes the determinants of donations to public libraries testing the...

‘Pactism’ is the legal doctrine that grounds the ancient Catalan public law on political deals. In this chapter, we distinguish between three kinds of pactism — early, late and political pactism — to frame the construction of institutional identities in the Catalan culture from the...

Heightened volatility, uncertainty and short term reward seeking dominated the global climate for more than a decade. Hubris and fear fed tensions in multiple domains: be it political, financial or social…etc. We were propelled to find solutions for our woes, hence we devoted ourselves to...

Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience find that fictional works exert strong influence on readers and shape their opinions and worldviews. We study the Potterian economy, which we compare to economic models, to assess how Harry Potter books affect economic literacy. We find that some...

Polish Abstract: Opracowanie przybliża wyzwania związane ze starzeniem się populacji ludzkich przyw uwzględnieniu wyłaniania się społeczeństw i gospodarek kreatywnych. Na początku XXI wieku przemianom pracy i czasu wolnego towarzyszą kwestie utrzymania solidarności pokoleń i...

This paper considers the relevant weightings of 'media-centrism' and 'society-centrism' in theories of the media. Among the theories discussed are Stuart Hall's theory of hegemony, the debate between Raymond Williams and Marshall McLuhan about technological determinism, and theories of mediatization

This chapter assesses the theories and related empirical evidence regarding the factors that explain cultural innovation by cultural organizations. It begins by defining key concepts, including what is meant by a cultural organization, cultural innovation, and the innovation referent. The...

Economic organization of the imaginary worlds depicted in popular literary works may be viewed as a mirror to public opinion on the economic organization of life. If a book becomes a best-seller, it is because the book conveys messages, feelings, and events the readers can relate to. In other...