The governance of culture: approaches to integrated cultural planning and policies [antikvár]

This is an attempt to examine new ways of integrating culture into the fabric of public administration. Over recent years there has been much discussion of holistic government and the cross-sectoral co-ordination of public policy in generál and cultural policy in particular. But goodr or (more modestly) workable, practice is relatively rare. During an age of widespread institutional reform across Europe, both in the emerging democracies of Eastern and Central Europe and the European Unionr it is important that more governments seize the opportunity of adopting a co-ordinated approach to the governance of culture. This essay does not aim to offer a comprehensive survey of what is or is not being done across the continent. Rather, it sets out the case for what could be achieved. By analysing a few selected instances and paying attention to failures as well as to successes, I hope to offer guidance which policy makers may find useful. My object is to contribute to a debate, certainly not to have the last word. Finallyr somé readers will find my account rather Northern European in its bias. This is best interpreted as reflecting the limits of my knowledge rather than as impugning the southern and eastern parts of our common continent for want of reforming zeal.