Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Policy

<i>The</i> <i>Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Policy</i> is the first thorough analysis of how policy frames the behavior of audiences industries and governments in the production and consumption of popular music. Covering a range of industrial and national contexts this collection assesses how music policy has become an important arm of government and a contentious arena of global debate across areas of cultural trade intellectual property and mediacultural content. It brings together a diverse range of researchers to reveal how histories of music policy development continue to inform contemporary policy and industry practice. The <i>Handbook</i> maps individual nation case studies with detailed assessment of music industry sectors. Drawing on international experts the volume offers insight into global debates about popular music within broader social economic and geopolitical contexts.