Table Of ContentCULTURAL POLICY
David Bell and Kate Oakley survey the major debates emerging in cultural
policy research, adopting an approach based on spatial scale to explore
cultural policy at city, national and international level. They contextualise
these discussions with an exploration of what both ‘culture’ and ‘policy’
mean whentheyarejoinedtogetherasculturalpolicy.
Drawing on topical examples and contemporary research, as well as
their own experience in both academia and consultancy, Bell and Oakley
urge readers to think critically about the project of cultural policy as it is
currentlybeingplayedoutaroundtheworld.
Cultural Policy is a comprehensive and readable book that provides a
lively, up-to-date overview of key debates in cultural policy, making it ideal
forstudentsofmediaandculturalstudies,creativeandculturalindustries,
andartsmanagement.
David Bell is Senior Lecturer in Critical Human Geography at the
University ofLeeds.
KateOakley isProfessorofCulturalPolicy attheUniversityofLeeds.
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CULTURAL POLICY
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C
ONTENTS
List of tables vi
Acknowledgements vii
1 Introducing Cultural Policy 1
2 The Culture of Cultural Policy 16
3 The Policy of Cultural Policy 45
4 Urban Cultural Policy 76
5 National Cultural Policy 109
6 International Cultural Policy 141
Index 170
T
ABLES
1.1 Categories of cultural consumption in the
Eurobarometer report 2
1.2 Categories of artistic activities in the Eurobarometer
report 3
2.1 UK creative industries 29
5.1 Models of national support for the arts 116
5.2 Typology of public cultures and systems of cultural
patronage 118
A
CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
David: Thanks to all the students and teachers with whom I have
discussed cultural policy over the years, especially those on the
module Cultural Policy and Institutions at Staffordshire University,
whichiswherethiswholethingbeganforme.AlsoatStaffs,thanks
to CTU colleagues for adventures in consultancy. To family and
friends, especially Daisy, for keeping the cultural studies flame
alight, and Corin, for introducing me to whole new worlds of
culture. Thanks also to Natalie Foster, Sheni Kruger and all at
Routledgewhohelpedgetthisbookmade.Andfinally,toKate–the
perfect co-author.
Kate: First, thanks to David, whose project this was initially
and who has been an excellent companion throughout. Second,
thanks to all colleagues at the Institute of Communications Studies
in Leeds for making it such a conducive place to work. To cultural
policymatesGrahamHitchenandTomCampbellforbreakfastand
good chats. And finally, thanks to Pete for everything else.
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INTRODUCING CULTURAL POLICY
Getting to know cultural policy and intervening in it is an important
part ofparticipating inculture.
(MillerandYudice2002:34)
In the final stages of writing this book, two new publications
landed in our inboxes. Both have a lot to tell us, in different
ways, about the project of cultural policy as it currently stands.
Both also have things to tell us about the stuff of cultural policy;
indeed, they are the stuff of cultural policy – they are both
members of that sometimes loose category, ‘policy documents’ –
and they are equally the stuff of cultural policy research: they are
underpinned by the work of researchers (some named, others
anonymous), they deploy empirical research in order to build a
case for culture, and they quickly become the source text for
further research, critique and discussion (this chapter included).
The two publications are UNESCO’s Creative Economy Report,
billed as a 2013 Special Edition and subtitled Widening Local
Development Pathways, and another ‘special’, this time from the
European Commission: Special Eurobarometer 399, Cultural Access
and Participation.
