International Cultural Policies and Power

Political scientists by and large ignore cultural industries and technologies whereas they are prominent in other disciplines. This book provides insights from local, societal, national, and international levels in understanding cultural industries, technologies, and policies and integrates these perspectives into the study of political science.

List of Figures List of Tables Preface Notes on Contributors Global Cultural Policies and Power; J.P.Singh PART I: POLITICS, POWER, TECHNOLOGIES Cultural Policy and the Political Nature of Culture; C.Rosenstein The Arts, Culture, and Civil Society: Power Stations in the Grids of Governance; T.W.Luke Art-State Relations: Art and Power through the Lens of International Treaties; S.Braman Toward a Political Economy of Digital Culture: From Organized Mass Consumption to Attention Rivalry; J.A.Hart Playing with Power: The Cultural Impact of Prosumers; B.Valtysson PART II: CULTURAL POLICIES: US, EU, JAPAN The Political Economy of Cultural Diversity in Film and Television; H.Feigenbaum An ''Economic'' Approach Towards the Trade and Culture Debate: The U.S. Position; C.Balassa Cultural Diplomacy: The Humanizing Factor; C.P.Schneider Power in European Union Cultural Policy; P.Dewey Making Geography Matter in Cultural Policy Research: The Case of Regional Cultural Policy in Sweden; J.Johannisson The Importance of the Business Sector in Cultural Policy in Japan - A Model of Complementary Relationship with Government; N.Kawashima PART III: CULTURAL VOICES: THE DEVELOPING WORLD Coloniality, Identity and Cultural Policy; K.V.Mulcahy Valorisation of World Cultural Heritage in Time of Globalization: Bridges Between Nations and Cultural Power; I.Brianso Reality TV Shows, Private Television Networks and Social Change in India; L.Ganguly ''The Power to Narrate'': Film Festivals, a Platform for Transnational Feminism?; J.Champenois Everyday Cultural Politics, Syncretism, and Cultural Policy; D.Galvan Bibliography Index