Guest Editorial Cultural Production in Canada

As an increasing number of Canadian constituencies buy in to policies associated with the creative economy and the creative city, thereby binding culture and economy ever closer together, the need for scholarly interpretation and analysis of these related phe-nomena becomes more pressing. How are these neoliberal policies affecting the culture that Canadians make and consume? Are there characteristics of this economic shift particular to the way it is playing out in Canada? How does the production and circu-lation of culture in Canada knit Canadians into the “global flows and scales” (Boudreau, Keil, & Young, 2009, p. 17) that have become emblematic of the twenty-first century? The articles in this special issue—part of the growing field of cultural production studies—explore how shifting policies, structures, geographies, and expe-riences are being manifested in Canada. Together, the contributions provide a cross-section of current work about the effects of neoliberal strategies, such as the deregulation of markets and the de-unionization of industries, which have radically altered the landscape of cultural production in Canada. This production studies focus is part of a shift away from choosing either textual analysis or political economy, towar