Urban Music and Entrepreneurship Beats, Rhymes and Young People's Enterprise

• Main Author: White, Joy 1962- (Author)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Language: English
• Published: LONDON Routledge 2017
• Series: Routledge advances in sociology
• Subjects: Music entrepreneurship > Great Britain; Music > Social aspects > Great Britain; Youth > Social conditions > Great Britain
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Youth unemployment in the UK remains around the one million mark, with many young people from impoverished backgrounds becoming and remaining NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training). However, the NEET categorisation covertly disguises and obscures the significance of the diverse range of ac...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Foundations Setting the Scene Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2: Grime in the City: Kinship and Belonging Part II: Creative Enterprise as Social Practice Chapter 3. Artist / Entrepreneurs: Working for Love and Money Chapter 4. Business Studies from `The Ends': Learning the Rules of the Game Part III: Crossing Borders Chapter 5. Enterprise Abroad: A Case Study from Ayia Napa Chapter 6. Crossing Borders, Moving On: The Urban Music Economy as a Transformative Realm Part IV: Conclusion Chapter 7. The Wrap Up: Entrepreneurship in the Urban Music Economy Appendix 1: The Research Sample Appendix 2: Reflections on Method