TY - JOUR
T1 - In Search of a Moneymaking Machine
T2 - Discourses on Policy towards Fashion in Finland
AU - Gurova, Olga
PY - 2021/4/1
Y1 - 2021/4/1
N2 - Recently, fashion has become a target for political considerations and ‘strategic governmentalization’ in such countries as Denmark, Australia and New Zealand, among others. The Finnish government has also paid attention to fashion. This research uses the concept of ‘governmentality’ as a form of power with the purpose to understand how fashion is governed in a contemporary western society. Taking Finland as a site of fieldwork, this research shows how various governmental and non-governmental actors, aligned in fluid networks, produce policy for fashion, what rationalities lay behind their actions and what kind of dilemmas they have to address
AB - Recently, fashion has become a target for political considerations and ‘strategic governmentalization’ in such countries as Denmark, Australia and New Zealand, among others. The Finnish government has also paid attention to fashion. This research uses the concept of ‘governmentality’ as a form of power with the purpose to understand how fashion is governed in a contemporary western society. Taking Finland as a site of fieldwork, this research shows how various governmental and non-governmental actors, aligned in fluid networks, produce policy for fashion, what rationalities lay behind their actions and what kind of dilemmas they have to address
KW - Creative Industries
KW - creative economy
KW - fashion
KW - Policy
U2 - 10.1386/infs_00034_1
DO - 10.1386/infs_00034_1
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2051-7106
VL - 8
SP - 45
EP - 66
JO - International Journal of Fashion Studies
JF - International Journal of Fashion Studies
IS - 1
ER -