Common people
Breaking the class ceiling in UK publishing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21191979 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katy Shaw (0000-0001-8985-8166, Northumbria University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 214-227 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Creative Industries Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-0694 • E-ISSN: 1751-0708 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17510694.2019.1707521 |
| OpenAlex | W3002055981 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 1 |
The United Kingdom has just one percent of the world’s population but is the largest exporter of books in the world. As a thriving creative industry, UK publishing also makes a significant indirect economic contribution to the British economy via immediately adjacent sectors including retail, printing and marketing. However, the under-representation of British working class writers in UK publishing has been identified as a major social and economic challenge by both the publishing industry and the British government. In 2018, Arts Council England funded the first ever writing development programme for British working class writers that aimed to address this imbalance. This article assesses for the first time the impact of this unique initiative on both creatives and the creative industry in the UK, as well as on wider awareness of the presence and impact of the class ceiling in UK publishing
Creative industries · Economic growth · Economics · Middle class · Political science · Politics · Population · Publishing · Social science · Sociology · The arts · Thriving · Working class · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Citations per year | 1.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |