political economy

Mobilizing African Music

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 26 November 2018 / Comments Off on Mobilizing African Music

Across the African continent, music distribution has long been dominated by makeshift networks operating in the margins of the formal economy. The rise of digital distribution has promised change, but how has this affected the political economy of music industries?

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The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights in Ghana

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 18 October 2018 / Comments Off on The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights in Ghana

Ghana, like many other countries, tries to eliminate media piracy. But what does this mean for distributors working in the margins of the formal economy? And, more fundamentally, what does this means for the tension between copyright and cultural rights?

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Gross Domestic Problem (Book Review)

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 17 April 2014 / Comments Off on Gross Domestic Problem (Book Review)

There is a problem with gross domestic product (GDP) as a concept, but there is no easy way to replace it with an equally simple and clear-cut indicator. That is the bottom line of Lorenzo Fioramonti’s short and provocative book.

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