Culture is one of the most complex and contested fields of
European integration. This book analyzes EU cultural politics since
their emergence in the 1980s with a particular focus on the
European Capital of Culture program, the flagship of EU cultural
policy. It discusses both the central as well as local levels and
contextualizes EU policies with programmes of other European
organisations, such as the Council of Europe.
By asking what "Europe" actually means for European cultural
policy, the book goes beyond the confines of official organizations
and the political sphere, to discuss the contribution, impact and
appropriation among a more diverse group of actors and
participants, such as transnational experts, local bureaucrats,
cultural managers, urban dwellers and the visitors. Its principal
aim is to debunk the myth of Brussels as the centre of cultural
Europeanization. Instead, it argues that European cultural policy
has to be seen as a relational, multi-directional movement,
involving a wide variety of stakeholders and leading to conflicts
and collaborations at various levels. This book combines the
perspectives of political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists
and historians, at the intersection between EU, urban, and cultural
studies, and changes our understanding of Europeanization by
opening up new empirical and conceptual avenues.
Challenging the dominant interpretation of European cultural
policies, "The Cultural Politics of Europe" will be of interest to
students and scholars of European studies, political scientists,
sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, historians and cultural
studies.
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