Creativity in education, urban and cultural policy: a critique of a contemporary keyword

Connolly, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4278-1960 2025. Creativity in education, urban and cultural policy: a critique of a contemporary keyword. Palgrave MacMillan.

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Abstract

This book critiques creativity as a ‘keyword’ in contemporary society. This is illustrated through an analysis of the uses of creativity within cultural, urban and educational policy. While there have been critiques and debates of the uses of creativity within these fields, the author innovatively bridges these disciplines by providing both an overview of the philosophical and ideological underpinnings of these debates and illustration of how they manifest in these distinct, yet interrelated policy spheres. Drawing on Raymond Williams’ theory of culture as social communication and keyword approach, the book illustrates how the creative turn in contemporary policy can divert attention from structural analysis and provide a rhetorical gloss for inequitable social policies. It will appeal to academics, students and practitioners involved in education, cultural and urban studies.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:	9783031827976
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	4 February 2025
Date of Acceptance:	1 October 2024
Last Modified:	05 Feb 2025 14:35
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/175927

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