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This issue brings together a selection of papers presented
at the 3rd International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, which
took place in Montreal in August 2004. They are all very interesting and
provide an excellent overview of the present concerns of cultural policy
research and of cultural policy itself. In the following we present our
selection of articles which are of particular importance for colleagues.
Madden presents and evaluates the impact of IFACCA's programme on arts and
cultural policy research. The article by Wang on transnational communities
and their cultural needs and influences is relevant beyond the situation
in Taiwan described there. In one of the two articles on sponsorship,
Morel critically assesses the French law on private patronage and
foundations of 2003 and investigates to which extent it can encourage
business sponsorship for the arts.
In her comparative analysis of cultural diversity policy in United
Kingdom and New Zealand, Moss shows the negative effects the support to
distinct groups can have, if it fixes these minority cultures to a
specific image and ignores hybrid cultural practices. In support of her
critique of this type of cultural diversity policy she quotes in
particular the Council of Europe publication Differing diversities by
Bennett.
An online version is available for users within the Council of Europe.
Please contact the information manager at
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