Cultural Policy and Federalism

This book explores how federalism - a unique, social, and political reality that influences policy development and implementation - contributes to shaping cultural policies in a variety of federations. Building on the cases of a wide variety of countries, including Argentina, India and Australia, this book presents the typical and distinctive institutional challenges that federalism brings to cultural policy. In particular, this book emphasizes four dimensions: the institutional and constitutional division of cultural powers; the governmental structures of cultural policy and the dynamics of cooperation and competition established between subnational and federal powers; local cultural policies, capital cities, and the place of municipal government; and the development of subnational cultural relations. Finally, this book also acknowledges the diversity of federations and federalisms and provides a portrait of different types of relationships between federal institutions and the cultural sphere.

List of contents

Chapter I - Federalism.-Chapter II - Configuration of Cultural Powers.-Chapter III - Cooperation and Competition: Cultural Governance and the Politics of Federalism.-Chapter IV - Cultural Policies, Federations and Cities.-Chapter V - Federations and Subnational International Cultural Relations.-Chapter VI - Conclusion: Governing Culture in Federations.

About the author

Jonathan Paquette is Associate Professor at the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and Director of the cultural policy research group at the Centre on Governance.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Paquette
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2019
• EAN: 9783030126797
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3012679-7
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 218 mm x 219 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Illustrations: XIX, 206 p. 1 illus.
• Series: New Directions in Cultural Policy Research
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Medienwissenschaften, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung, Cultural Policy, Communication, auseinandersetzen, Media and Communication, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Cultural Policy and Politics, Mass media—Political aspects, Media Policy, Media Policy and Politics