Cultural Policy - (Politics and Public Policy) by Diane St-Pierre & Monica Gattinger (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- How do Canadian provincial and territorial governments intervene in the cultural and artistic lives of their citizens?
- About the Author: Monica Gattinger is Director of the University of Ottawa's Institute for Science, Society and Policy, Full Professor at uOttawa's School of Political Studies, and Chair of Positive Energy.
- 668 Pages
- Social Science, Anthropology
- Series Name: Politics and Public Policy
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About the Book
Provincial and Territorial Cultural Policy in Canada: Origins, Evolution, and Implementation offers a comprehensive synthesis of the history of subnational cultural policies, including governments' institutionalization and instrumentalization of culture, and the development, dissemination, and impact of cultural policy interventions.Book Synopsis
How do Canadian provincial and territorial governments intervene in the cultural and artistic lives of their citizens? What issues and influences shaped the origin and implementation of these policies? On what foundations were policies based in the past, and on what foundations are they based today? How have governments defined the concepts of culture and cultural policy over time? What are the objectives and outcomes of policies, and what instruments do governments use to pursue them?
Answers to these questions are multiple and complex, partly because of the unique historical context of each province and territory, and partly as a result of the various objectives of successive governments, and the values and identities of their citizens.
Cultural Policy: Origins, Evolution, and Implementation in Canada's Provinces and Territories provides a com-prehensive synthesis of the history of subnational cultural policies, including governments' institutionalization and instrumentalization of culture, and the development, dissemination, and impact of cultural policy interventions.
Published in English.
Review Quotes
"This innovative and systematic academic work is quite simply masterful. Cultural Policy is exceptional in its scope and detailed analyses. A must-have reference in all bibliographies on cultural institutions."
-Claude Martin, Honorary Professor Department of Communication, Université de Montréal
About the Author
Monica Gattinger is Director of the University of Ottawa's Institute for Science, Society and Policy, Full Professor at uOttawa's School of Political Studies, and Chair of Positive Energy. Her research explores Canadian cultural policy and energy policy in domestic and international perspective.
