Culture Works addresses and critiques an important dimension of the -work of culture, - an argument made by enthusiasts of creative economies that culture contributes to the GDP, employment, social cohesion, and other forms of neoliberal development. While culture does make important contributions to national and urban economies, the incentives and benefits of participating in this economy are not distributed equally, due to restructuring that neoliberal policies have wrought from the 1980s on, as well as enduring inequalities of race, class and nationality. The cultural economy...
Culture Works addresses and critiques an important dimension of the -work of culture, - an argument made by enthusiasts of creative economies...
In 2002, after a long political struggle, Lula was elected Brazil's first working class President amid huge expectations that he and the Workers' Party would bring much-needed reform. A great deal was achieved, including a dramatic reduction in poverty. But, just months before the staging of the World Cup in 2014, a series of social protests swept across the country. In 2015, further demonstrations erupted, with insistent calls for the impeachment--for corruption--of Lula's re-elected successor, President Dilma Rousseff.
Brazil Under the Workers' Party, the first serious...
In 2002, after a long political struggle, Lula was elected Brazil's first working class President amid huge expectations that he and the Workers' Part...
