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| Titel |
How should cultural diversity be measured? An application using the French publishing industry |
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F. Benhamou, S. Peltier |
| Tijdschrifttitel |
In: Journal of cultural economics. 31(2007)2(.85-107) |
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culturele diversiteit, boekenvak, uitgeverijen, publiek, onderzoeksmethoden, Frankrijk, analyse, statistieken (vorm) |
Samenvatting
Despite the lack of a clear definition of the concept, "cultural diversity" has remained a core issue for more than a decade (WTO, UNESCO, etc.). The aim of this paper is to begin to fill this gap. Authors argue that cultural diversity is a multi-dimensional concept and that accurate metrics must rely on three criteria: variety, balance and disparity. Supplied and consumed diversity have to be distinguished. They apply this set of multiple measures of diversity to publishing data for France over the period 1990-2003. The main result is that the situation of the publishing industry in terms of cultural diversity is highly dependent on the dimension considered. Hence, diversity increases when variety is the sole consideration, whereas taking balance or disparity into account leads to the opposite conclusion. This issue raises a series of questions about the use of diversity measures in a policy debate concerned with furthering cultural diversity. |
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