Cultural Capital: Arts Graduates, Spatial Inequality, and London's Impact on Cultural Labor Markets. (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oakley, Kate; Laurison, Daniel; O'Brien, Dave; Friedman, Sam
• Other Names: Frenette Alexandre guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: American behavioral scientist. Volume 61:Number 12(2017)
• Page Start: 1510
• Page End: 1531
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: cultural labor -- inequality -- arts education -- London; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; 300
• DOI: 10.1177/0002764217734274
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-7642

Abstract

This article looks at the degree to which spatial inequalities reinforce other forms of social inequality in cultural labor markets. It does so using the example of London, an acknowledged hub for the creative and cultural industries. Using pooled data from 2013 to 2015 quarters of the United Kingdom's. Labour Force Survey, we consider the social makeup of London's cultural labor force, and reveal the extent to which, rather than acting as an "engine room" of social mobility, London's dominance in fact reenforces social class disparities in cultural employment.