Popular music and cultural policy

1. Introduction: popular music and policy Shane Homan, Martin Cloonan and Jen Cattermole 2. Music, markets and manifestos John Street 3. Irrational amusements, theatre law, and moral reformers in nineteenth-century America: implications for later popular music study Gillian Margaret Rodger 4. Steering a review: some reflections on a gig Martin Cloonan 5. Independent creative subcultures and why they matter Kate Shaw 6. 'Lend me your ears': social policy and the hearing body Bruce Johnson 7. Why get involved? Finding reasons for municipal interventions in the Canadian music industry Richard Sutherland 8. From Coombs to Crean: popular music and cultural policy in Australia Shane Homan