This second volume, The Cultural Economy, analyzes the dynamic relationship in which culture is part of the process of economic change that in turn changes the conditions of culture. It brings together perspectives from different disciplines to examine such critical issues as:The production of cultural goods and services and the patterns of economic globalizationThe relationship between the commodification of the cultural economy and the aesthetic realmCurrent and emerging organizational forms for the investment, production, distribution and consumption of cultural goods and servicesThe complex relations between creators, producers, distributors and consumers of cultureThe policy implications of a globalizing cultural economy