Cultural Policy in Ibero-America

This book provides a broad overview of the development of Ibero-American cultural policy in an important and innovative way.

This volume brings together specialists in the field, from different nations and disciplines, and provides the keys to understanding the different trajectories and experiences of some significant countries in the area on both sides of the Atlantic; the recent developments in this domain such as urban cultural regeneration policies and cultural development policies; and the dynamics of policy transfers such as cultural diplomacy. The book also contrasts the applicability and the explanatory power of the idea of the family of nations for the analysis of cultural policy with models inspired by the welfare regimes.

This book allows international researchers an overarching view of the peculiarities and the latest achievements in the field of Ibero-American cultural policy. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Policy.

Introduction: cultural policies in Ibero-America at the beginning of the XXI century1. Mapping cultural policy in Portugal: From incentives to crisis2. Changing philosophies of action? Argentina’s cultural policies in the 21st century3. Brazilian cultural policies during the workers’ party governments: challenges for the development of cultural citizenship4. Culture-led urban regeneration policies in the Ibero-American space5. Innovations in cultural policy and development in Latin America6. The reshaping of Ibero-American cultural diplomacy in the beginning of the XXI century: the declining of the Spanish historical hegemony7. Theorizing cultural diplomacy all the way down: a cosmopolitan constructivist discourse from an Ibero-American perspective

Arturo Rodríguez Morató is Professor of Sociology at the University of Barcelona, Spain. He has led a number of research projects and published extensively on cultural policy, artistic work and urban cultures, both in Spain and internationally. He was Vice President for Research of the International Sociological Association (2006-2010) and President of its Research Committee on Sociology of the Arts (1998- 2002).

Mariano Martín Zamorano holds a PhD in Culture and Heritage Management from the University of Barcelona, Spain. He specializes in the field of cultural policies and has several peer-reviewed publications in this field. He has been an Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona, and currently teaches in three different postgraduate programs focusing on cultural policies and diplomacy at both the University of Barcelona and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain.