Overview
- Challenges the perception that arts practitioners have little or no effective involvement in cultural policy-making
- Provides a unique case study of playwriting policy in England that focuses on playwrights' organisations and their history of self-directed policy activity, and which has insights for other artforms and internationally
- Analyses arts practitioners' "invited" and "uninvited" interventions in policy, and sets them within a framework of theories of civil society
Part of the book series: New Directions in Cultural Policy Research (NDCPR)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book investigates the role of arts practitioners in cultural policy-making, challenging the perception that arts practitioners have little or no involvement in policy and seeking to discover the extent and form of their engagement. Examining the subject through a case-study of playwriting policy in England since 1945, and paying particular attention to playwrights’ organisations and their history of self-directed activity, the book explores practitioners’ participation in cultural policy-making, encompassing both “invited” and “uninvited” interventions that also weave together policy activity and creative practice. It discusses why their involvement matters, and argues that arts practitioners and their organisations can be understood as participants in civil society whose policy activity contributes to the maintenance and enlargement of democratic practices and values.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jane Woddis has worked professionally in the arts for many years and is an Associate Fellow in the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies, University of Warwick, UK. She is co-editor of Artists' Narratives in Cultural Policy and Management Research, a special issue of the Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy (2022).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Acting on Cultural Policy
Book Subtitle: Arts Practitioners, Policy-Making and Civil Society
Authors: Jane Woddis
Series Title: New Directions in Cultural Policy Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11162-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11161-7Published: 02 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11164-8Published: 03 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11162-4Published: 01 January 2023
Series ISSN: 2730-924X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9258
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 226
Topics: Cultural Policy and Politics, Theatre and Performance Studies