Capitalising on culture : cities and the changing landscape of cultural policy
By: GRIFFITHS, Ron.
Contributor(s): BASSETT, Keith | SMITH, Ian.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: UK : Policy Press, apr. 2003Subject(s): ChinaPolicy & Politics 31, 2, p. 153-169Abstract: Over the last two decades, the cultural sphere appears to have gained a more central role in urban policy and urban governance. This article gives an outline of the changing cultural policy landscape in the UK over the last decade, and then explores the significance of this changing landscape from the standpoint of one of the country's main regional cities. It argues that there has been a growing congruence between national and local cultural policy discourses, but that a number of deep-seated issues remainOver the last two decades, the cultural sphere appears to have gained a more central role in urban policy and urban governance. This article gives an outline of the changing cultural policy landscape in the UK over the last decade, and then explores the significance of this changing landscape from the standpoint of one of the country's main regional cities. It argues that there has been a growing congruence between national and local cultural policy discourses, but that a number of deep-seated issues remain
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