The Economic Dimension of the Culture and Leisure Industry in Spain: National, Sectoral and Regional Analysis

This article analyses the economic dimension of a set of activities groupedunder the heading, Culture and Leisure Industry, from three complementaryperspectives: national (Spain), sectoral and regional. Particular emphasis isplaced on determining the value added generated by this industry and itscontribution to the Gross Domestic Product – 4.5% – as wellas showing its level of employment both in absolute terms and as a percentageof the number of employees in the economy – 7.8%. This is apioneer project; studies in this field on either a national or internationalscale are scarce. The study demonstrates that the cultural sector is aproductive activity generating wealth in Spain. However, a high degree ofheterogeneity is found at both the sectoral and regional levels. Economicactivity is led by Performing, Musical and Audiovisual Arts (mainlyTelevision) and Publishing and Printing, which jointly account for about70% of sales and gross value added, and it is concentrated in similarproportions in developed regions specialized in service industries, Madrid andCatalonia, where most culture and leisure activities are available.     

The Competition between High Culture and Popular Culture as Seen in the New York Times

The Sunday “Arts and Leisure” section of the New York Times for selected years is examined to gauge competition between “high” culture and “popular” culture. From 1962 through 1988 high culture consistently outranked popular culture in percentage of articles, but after 1988 popular culture gained steadily, and by 1993 accounted for 49 percent of articles as compared with only 39 percent for high culture. Most of the gain was accounted for by coverage of motion pictures. For two out of four sub-categories a significant correlation was found between editorial content and advertising, so that one cannot reject the hypothesis that advertising affects editorial coverage. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

明清时期运河城市饮食业发展考论--以山东济宁为例

明清时期的济宁不仅是运河沿岸重要的商业都会,同时也是饮食文化和饮食业极为发达的地区。当时的济宁城内大型酒楼和饭馆林立,小型饭馆和食铺更是不胜枚举。由于茶叶贸易的发展,各类茶馆随处可见,得益于便利的水路交通,酱菜业和酿酒业也有显著发展。济宁饮食业的繁荣主要得益于本地商品经济发展所带来的充足的原料供应和巨大的市场需求。其发展变化与运河漕运的兴盛息息相关,其饮食业的发展状况成为明清时期山东运河沿岸城镇饮食业发展的缩影。     

特色小镇在民族深度贫困地区的扶贫探索--以广西都安瑶族文化长寿养生特色小镇规划为例

中国进入脱贫攻坚的决胜期,肩负着2020年必须实现全面脱贫的历史使命,民族地区一直是脱贫攻坚的主战场,是打赢脱贫攻坚战的重点。广西河池市都安县是国家级深度贫困县,以都安瑶族文化长寿养生特色小镇建设为契机,探索在扶贫大背景下特色小镇在其中起到的意义和作用。提出了"民族文化+"的扶贫新模式,从民族品牌建设为引领,从"民族文化+旅游""民族文化+产业""民族文化+人才""民族文化+创业""民族文化+就业"5个方面为抓手,紧抓特色小镇发展优势,提出针对性的扶贫路径和扶贫模式,助推都安县扶贫攻坚战,也为全国其他民族地区的扶贫提供了一种新的思路。