The Cultural Industries Production System: A Case Study of Employment Change in Britain, 1984–91
TLDR
The cultural industries sector employed 4.5% of all employees in Britain in 1991, which was equal in size to the construction industry, or to the combined employment in the agricultural, and the extractive industries as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
The cultural industries sector employed 4.5% of all employees in Britain in 1991; that is, it was equal in size to the construction industry, or to the combined employment in the agricultural, and the extractive industries. However, this sector has remained relatively underanalysed both in the geographical and in the planning literature. The author begins by defining the cultural industries production system (CIPS). In the second part he operationalises this definition with respect to secondary sources on employment in the CIPS in Britain. In the third part he considers the change in the employment structure of the CIPS between 1984 and 1991, and goes on to address the regional patterns of employment in the CIPS with particular emphasis upon London and the South East.read more
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Table 6: Gender breakdown, by full-time or part-time,by sector, Britain: 1984 and 1991 Source: Office of National Statistics(NOMIS), © crown copyright, 1996 
Table 7: Cultural industries employment 1991, and perecentage change 1984-91 Source: Office of National Statistics(NOMIS), © crown copyright, 1996 
Table 8: Distribution of CIPS, by region, and change 1984-91 compared to all GB industry Source: Office of National Statistics(NOMIS), © crown copyright, 1996 
Table 10: Regional concentration of CIPS Source: Office of National Statistics(NOMIS), © crown copyright, 1996 
Table 11: Group level change, by core regions:1984-91 Source: Office of National Statistics(NOMIS), © crown copyright, 1996 
Table 9: Concentration of CIPS in major cities: 1984-1991 Source: Office of National Statistics(NOMIS), © crown copyright, 1996
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