The Politics of Urban Cultural Policy brings together a range of international experts to critically analyze the ways that governmental actors and non-governmental entities attempt to influence the production and implementation of urban policies directed at the arts, culture, and creative activity. Presenting a global set of case studies that span five continents and 22 cities, the essays in this book advance our understanding of how the dynamic interplay between economic and political context, institutional arrangements, and social networks affect urban cultural policy-making and the ways that these policies impact urban development and influence urban governance. The volume comparatively studies urban cultural policy-making in a diverse set of contexts, analyzes the positive and negative outcomes of policy for different constituencies, and identifies the most effective policy directions, emerging political challenges, and most promising opportunities for building effective cultural policy coalitions.

The volume provides a comprehensive and in-depth engagement with the political process of urban cultural policy and urban development studies around the world. It will be of interest to students and researchers interested in urban planning, urban studies and cultural studies.

Contents

Introduction: Urbanizing Cultural Policy Carl Grodach and Daniel Silver Part 1: Urban Cultural Policy as an Object of Governance 1. A Different Class: Politics and Culture in London Kate Oakley 2. Chicago from the Political Machine to the Entertainment Machine Terry Nichols Clark and Daniel Silver 3. Brecht in Bogotá: How Cultural Policy Transformed a Clientelist Political Culture Eleonora Pasotti 4. Notes of Discord: Urban Cultural Policy in the Confrontational City Arie Romein and Jan Jacob Trip 5. Cultural Policy and the State of Urban Development in the Capital of South Korea Jon Youl Lee and Chad Anderson Part 2: Rewriting the Creative City Script 6. Creativity and Urban Regenerae Role of La Tohu and the Cirque du Soleil in the Saint-Michel neighborhood in Montréal Deborah Leslie and Norma Rantisi 7. City Image and the Politics of Music Policy in the "Live Music Capital of the World" Carl Grodach 8. "To Have and To Need": Reorganizing Cultural Policy as Panacea for Berlin’s Urban and Economic Woes Doreen Jakob 9. Urban Cultural Policy, City Size, and Proximity Chris Gibson and Gordon Waitt Part 3: The Implications of Urban Cultural Policy Agendas for Creative Production 10. The New Cultural Economy and its Discontents: Governance Innovation and Policy Disjuncture in Vancouver Tom Hutton and Catherine Murray 11. Creating Urban Spaces for Culture, Heritage, and the Arts in Singapore: Balancing Policy-led Development and Organic Growth Lily Kong 12. Maastricht – From Treaty Town to European Capital of Culture Graeme Evans 13. Rethinking Arts Policy and Creative Production: the case of Los Angeles Elizabeth Currid-Halkett and Vivian Ho Part 4: Coali...