Political scientists by and large ignore cultural industries and technologies whereas they are prominent in other disciplines. This book provides insights from local, societal, national, and international levels in understanding cultural industries, technologies, and policies and integrates these perspectives into the study of political science.

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CAROL BALASSA is Senior Fellow at The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt, Washington, DC, USA. ISABELLE BRIANSO is at the Centre d'Histoire Culturelle des Sociétés Contemporaines (CHCSC) and Laboratoire de recherche en management (LAREQUOI), Université Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines (UVSQ), France. SANDRA BRAMAN is at the Department of Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. PATRICIA DEWEY teaches in the Arts and Administration Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. HARVEY B. FEIGENBAUM is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. DENNIS GALVAN is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. LAUHONA GANGULY is a PhD candidate, American University, Washington, DC, USA, and part-time faculty at The New School, New York, USA. JEFFREY A. HART is at the Department of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA JENNY JOHANNISSON is at the Centre for Cultural Policy Research, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University College of Borås, Sweden. NOBUKO KAWASHIMA is Professor in the Faculty of Economics, Doshisha University, Japan. TIMOTHY W. LUKE is at the Department of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. KEVIN V. MULCAHY is Sheldon Beychok Distinguished Professor of Political Science and PublicAdministration, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA, and Executive Editor of the Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society. CAROLE ROSENSTEIN teaches in the Arts Management Program, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA; and is Affiliated Scholar, The Urban Institute; USA. CYNTHIA P. SCHNEIDER is Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, USA, and Non-Resident Senior Scholar at the Brookings Institution; Washington, DC, USA. BJARKI VALTYSSON is Assistant Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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List of Figures List of Tables Preface Notes on Contributors Global Cultural Policies and Power; J.P.Singh PART I: POLITICS, POWER, TECHNOLOGIES Cultural Policy and the Political Nature of Culture; C.Rosenstein The Arts, Culture, and Civil Society: Power Stations in the Grids of Governance; T.W.Luke Art-State Relations: Art and Power through the Lens of International Treaties; S.Braman Toward a Political Economy of Digital Culture: From Organized Mass Consumption to Attention Rivalry; J.A.Hart Playing with Power: The Cultural Impact of Prosumers; B.Valtysson PART II: CULTURAL POLICIES: US, EU, JAPAN The Political Economy of Cultural Diversity in Film and Television; H.Feigenbaum An 'Economic' Approach Towards the Trade and Culture Debate: The U.S. Position; C.Balassa Cultural Diplomacy: The Humanizing Factor; C.P.Schneider Power in European Union Cultural Policy; P.Dewey Making Geography Matter in Cultural Policy Research: The Case of Regional Cultural Policy in Sweden; J.Johannisson The Importance of the Business Sector in Cultural Policy in Japan - A Model of Complementary Relationship with Government; N.Kawashima PART III: CULTURAL VOICES: THE DEVELOPING WORLD Coloniality, Identity and Cultural Policy; K.V.Mulcahy Valorisation of World Cultural Heritage in Time of Globalization: Bridges Between Nations and Cultural Power; I.Brianso Reality TV Shows, Private Television Networks and Social Change in India; L.Ganguly 'The Power to Narrate': Film Festivals, a Platform for Transnational Feminism?; J.Champenois Everyday Cultural Politics, Syncretism, and Cultural Policy; D.Galvan Bibliography Index