The overall aim of this research is to describe and analyze the objectives of national cultural policy, based on the Government’s cultural policy document (the cultural proposition), and thereby learn which are the areas covered by the national cultural policy and what is the role taken by the state in relation to that expressed in the policy document. For this purpose, the following research q...

This paper explores the possible uses of Bourdieu‟s cultural capital theory in the making of French state cultural policy. It focuses on the following paradox: this theory had an important if not predominant impact on the intellectual background and expertise of cultural policy, but only limited effects on its actual orientations. To understand this paradox, I go back to the 1960s when both cul...

If you were driving down the road in Sweden at 04:50 on September 3, 1967, Swedish government required to stop. You then had move from left right side of road, and 05:00 could continue your way. Although invested heavily preparing for this pivotal 10 minutes, transition created some inevitable confusion (1). Nonetheless, a new equilibrium was fast. Traffic accidents insurance claims declined im...