The Arts, Politics and Change

Participative Cultural Policy-making in South East Europe

Editors: Hanneloes Weeda, Corina Şuteu and Cas Smithuijsen

Content

Foreword - Odile Chenal, European Cultural Foundation

Introduction: Touching the context: Policies for Culture 2000-2004 - Hanneloes Weeda, European Cultural Foundation

Part 1: Cultural policy in South East Europe

Cultural policies in transition: the issue of participation and the challenge of democracy - Corina Şuteu

Centralism or decentralisation?
New public culture as objective of the decentralisation process - Vjeran Katunarić
Centralism or decentralisation? Balancing the equation under changing conditions - Christopher Gordon
To set things moving : cultural strategies for cities and counties in South East Europe - Philipp Dietachmair and Oana Radu

Transforming regulatory frameworks
Waiting for Godot - Vesna Čopič
From government to governance: e volving South East European cultural regulation - Delia Mucică
Influencing the legislative process in Bulgaria - Yuriy Vulkovsky

Rethinking state funding
Mind the financial gap! Rethinking state funding for culture in South East Europe - Lidia Varbanova
Transforming cultural financing in Croatia - Sanjin Dragojević

The role of the media
Media as an instrument of cultural policy - Andrea Zlatar

Part 2: The power of local action: case studies

Cultural policy practices in South East European Cities
Arad's cultural strategy: the reformation of a cultural system in Romania - Marius Lazurca
“It is the process that counts!” A cultural strategy for the city of Zagreb - Ela Agotić
Commencing dialogue, challenging cooperation: developing local cultural policies in Serbia - Philipp Dietachmair
Building confidence: community development in Macedonia through the Living Heritage programme - François Matarasso

Influencing the legislature in South East Europe
Technological Park Culture : a Bulgarian laboratory for identification and analysis of issues in cultural management and cultural policy - Milena Deleva
ARCult: an expertise and service support agency for the Romanian cultural sector - Oana Radu
Discussing the future of culture: civil initiative for the debate of strategic cultural development in Macedonia - Philipp Dietachmair

Cultural funding in South East Europe
Revitalising cultural life in Plovdiv , Bulgaria - Tsveta Andreeva
Planning for change: reforming cultural funding mechanisms at local level in Timis and Arad counties, Romania - Oana Radu

Conclusion
Converging cultural policies - Cas Smithuijsen
Bibliography and useful websites addresses - Ineke van Hamersveld

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