Culture and the Public Sphere by Jim Mcguigan

Culture and the Public Sphere by Jim Mcguigan

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Summary

Addressing cultural policy from a critical and multi-dimensional perspective, this study draws upon the work of Pierre Bourdiew, Michel Foucault and Jurgen Habermas. It discusses such areas as the American "culture ware" and the "post-Fordist" restructuring of the cultural industries.

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Culture and the Public Sphere by Jim Mcguigan

Jim McGuigan discusses cultural policy as a manifestation of cultural politics in the widest sense. Illustrating his case with examples from recent cultural policy initiatives in Britain, the United States and Australia, he looks at: * The rise of market reasoning in arts administration * Urban regeneration and the arts * Heritage tourism * Race, identity and cultural citizenship * Censorship and moral regulation * The role of computer-mediated communication in democratic discourse
Jim McGuigan is Principal Lecturer in Communication, Culture and Media at Coventry University.
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ISBN 13 9780415112635
ISBN 10 041511263X
Title Culture and the Public Sphere
Author Jim Mcguigan
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1996-10-10
Number of pages 240
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