Cultural Policy in the Polder : : 25 Years Dutch Cultural Policy Act / / ed. by Quirijn Lennert Hoogen, Edwin Meerkerk.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• MitwirkendeR: Aart, Kimberly van,; Brom, Rogier,; Eijck, Koen van,; Gielen, Pascal,; Hendriks, Marielle,; Hitters, Erik,; Hoogen, Quirijn Lennert van den,; Huysmans, Frank,; Ijdens, Teunis,; Jonker, Florine,; Kolsteeg, Johan,; Leden, Jack van der,; Lijster, Thijs,; Meerkerk, Edwin van,; Minnaert, Toine,; Nuchelmans, André,; Oomes, Marjolein,; Otte, Hanka,; Schrijen, Bjorn,; Schrijvers, Erik,; Vlies, Inge van der,
• HerausgeberIn: Hoogen, Quirijn Lennert,; Meerkerk, Edwin,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)

At the occasion of the 25 anniversary of the Dutch Cultural Policy Act, Dutch academics in cultural policy research have compiled a volume to commemorate the quarter century in which Dutch cultural policy has developed and analyse the key debates in Dutch cultural policy for the coming years.Historically, central public authority in the Netherlands has been problematic. The country's origin as a confederation of seven independent republics, has had effect in the sense that government usually works 'bottom up'. As a result the Netherlands has relatively few national cultural institutions when compared to other countries. Moreover, the national media never have been linked to the nation state. It is therefore surprising that the nation's cultural policy can be described as a national system in which the nation state sets the agenda rather than cities and regions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- An Introduction to Cultural Policy in the Polder -- A Well-Balanced Cultural Policy. An Interview with Minister of Culture Ingrid van Engelshoven -- 1. Legal Aspects of Cultural Policy -- 2. An International Perspective on Dutch Cultural Policy -- 'A Subsidy to Make a Significant Step Upwards'. An Interview with Arjo Klingens -- 3. The Framing Game. Towards Deprovincialising Dutch Cultural Policy -- 4. Values in Cultural Policymaking. Political Values and Policy Advice -- An Exercise in Undogmatic Thinking. An Interview with Gable Roelofsen -- 5. Towards a Cultural Policy of Trust. The Dutch Approach from the Perspective of a Transnational Civil Domain -- 6. Dutch Media Policy. Towards the End of Reflective Diversity? -- 'A More Holistic Approach to Problems'. An Interview with Hans Poll and Jacqueline Roelofs -- 7. Cultural Education Policy. Its Justification and Organisation -- 8. Culture for Everyone. The Value and Feasibility of Stimulating Cultural Participation -- 'A Strong Field Needs Variation and Experimentation'. An Interview with Saskia Bak -- 9. The People's Palaces. Public Libraries in the Information Society -- 10. Cultural Policy at a Crossroads? How the Matthew Effect, New Sociocultural Oppositions and Digitalisation Challenge Dutch National Cultural Policy -- 'Production is Preceded by Talent Development'. An Interview with Sandra den Hamer -- Epilogue: A Systemic View of Dutch Cultural Policy in the Next 25 Years -- Overview of Dutch Ministers of / Secretaries for Culture and their most important cultural policy documents -- Appendix. Facts and Figures on Culture and Cultural Policy in the Netherlands -- Authors' Biographies -- Index