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Title
Acting on cultural policy : arts practitioners, policy-making and civil society / Jane Woddis.
ISBN
9783031111624 electronic book
3031111621 electronic book
3031111613
9783031111617
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (1 volume)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-11162-4 doi
Call Number
CB430 .W63 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
306
Summary
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.
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Includes index.
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Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Jan 30th, 2023).
Series
New directions in cultural policy research.
Introduction: Spear-carriers or Speaking Parts?
Chapter 1: Arts Practitioners in Cultural Policy Research
Chapter 2: A Brief History of Arts Practitioners in the Policy Process in Britain
Chapter 3: A Framework for Participation: the Concept of Civil Society
Chapter 4: Theatre Writing Policy in England Since 1945
Chapter 5: Playwrights and Theatre Companies: New Playwriting Practice and Policy
Chapter 6: New Playwriting: Networks of Policy and Practice
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Putting Theatre Practitioners in the Spotlight .
