The Politics of Cultural Policy in France [Hardcover]

The Politics of Cultural Policy in France offers a lively and iconoclastic account of cultural policy-making in France. Focusing on the policies of the Socialist governments of 1981-86 and 1988-93, the book suggests that policy towards the arts was shaped less by an all-powerful state than by influential professional interest groups. In addition to presenting unusual insights into a policy area which has rarely been studied by political science, The Politics of Cultural Policy in France thus provides significant revisions to conventional views of relations between the state and civil society in France.List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Introduction Culture and the State in France Cultural Policy and Political Science The Cit? de la Musique Contemporary Music Policy Theatre Policy Film Policy Public Funding of Popular Music The Politics of D?veloppement Culturel Conclusion: Governing the Arts in France: Professionals, Networks and the State Appendix Notes Bibliography IndexKIM ELING is currently an Associate Expert with the International Labour Office in Geneva. A graduate of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Paris, he previously taught French politics and public policy at the London School of Economics (1995-96).