Book review: Cultural policy: management, value and modernity in the creative industries by Dave O’Brien

"Cultural Policy: Management, Value and Modernity in the Creative Industries." Dave O’Brien. Routledge. October 2013. --- Drawing on a range of case studies, including analysis of the reality of work in the creative industries, urban regeneration and current government cultural policy in the UK, this book discusses the idea of value in the cultural sector, showing how value plays out in cultural organizations. Ruth Adams finds that Dave O’Brien’s contribution functions effectively as a primer on the topic, but has sufficient depth to yield useful insight to students and researchers at all levels, and beyond university into the workplace.