Cultural Policy: Origins, Evolution, and Implementation in Canada's Provinces and Territories (Politics and Public Policy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 077662895X ISBN 13: 9780776628950

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press, 2021

Synopsis

How do Canadian provincial and territorial governments intervene in the cultural and artistic lives of their citizens? What changes and influences shaped the origin of these policies and their implementation? On what foundations were policies based, and on what foundations are they based today? How have governments defined the concepts of culture and of cultural policy over time? What are the objectives and outcomes of their policies, and what instruments do they use to pursue them?

Answers to these questions are multiple and complex, partly as a result of the unique historical context of each province and territory, and partly because of the various objectives of successive governments, and the values and identities of their citizens.

Cultural Policy: Origins, Evolution, and Implementation in Canada's Provinces and Territories offers a comprehensive history of subnational cultural policies, including the institutionalization and instrumentalization of culture by provincial and territorial governments; government cultural objectives and outcomes; the role of departments, Crown corporations, other government organizations, and major public institutions in the cultural domain; and the development, dissemination, and impact of subnational cultural policy interventions.

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About the Author

Monica Gattinger is Director of the University of Ottawa’s Institute for Science, Society and Policy, Full Professor at uOttawa’s School of Political Studies, and Chair of Positive Energy. Her research explores Canadian cultural policy and energy policy in domestic and international perspective.

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‘’This book is exceptional in its scope, in the level of detail of the analyses and in the wealth of information on the origin and evolution of provincial and territorial cultural policy and administration in Canada.’’

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 077662895X
• ISBN 13: 9780776628950
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 668
• Editor: St-Pierre Diane, Gattinger Monica