Routledge Handbook of Global Cultural Policy

<p>Cultural policy intersects with political economic and socio-cultural dynamics at all levels of society placing high and often contradictory expectations on the capabilities and capacities of the media the fine performing and folk arts and cultural heritage. These expectations are articulated mobilised and contested at – and across – a global scale. As a result the study of cultural policy has firmly established itself as a field that cuts across a range of academic disciplines including sociology cultural and media studies economics anthropology area studies languages geography and law. This <i>Routledge Handbook of Global Cultural Policy</i> sets out to broaden the field’s consideration to recognise the necessity for international and global perspectives.</p><p>The book explores how cultural policy has become a global phenomenon. It brings together a diverse range of researchers whose work reveals how cultural policy expresses and realises common global concerns dominant narratives and geopolitical economic and social inequalities. The sections of the book address cultural policy’s relation to core academic disciplines and core questions of regulations rights development practice and global issues. </p><p>With a cross-section of country-by-country case studies this comprehensive volume is a map for academics and students seeking to become more globally orientated cultural policy scholars.</p>