This number features the following articles:

• a case study of a city of culture in South Korea, promoted by the government as a hub of Asian cultural industry and tourism, but revealing only an economic reductionism of culture (p.335-347);
• a survey on municipal cultural strategies and urban regeneration in large and medium-sized US cities (p.350-370);
• a historical examination of sponsorship and private donations to the arts in Germany, considering in particular the effect on the promotion of cultural participation (p.371-391);
• a discourse analysis of Swedish cultural policy in the 20th century (p.393-406);
• an evaluation of the public support to performing arts institutions in Norway (p.407-417).

Of special interest is the final article by Hearn/Roodhouse/Blakey who analyse the cultural industries as an ecosystem. From this follows that both public mechanisms and the market have to be considered when framing creative industries development policy (p.419-436).

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