Why we need European cultural policies [Recurs electrònic] : the impact of EU enlargement on cultural policies in transition countries / by Nina Obuljen

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Obuljen, Nina

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Fundació Europea de la Cultura

Publication details: Amsterdam : European Cultural Foundation, 2004Description: 117 pISBN:

109062820468

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Summary: The European Union is a complex sphere of interlinked rules and interests, policies, recommendations and directives. When entering this universe, it is difficult to imagine that any sector or any segment of life can be ignored. Even if the European Commission has not been directly regulating some fields, societies have been going through profound changes and everyone who lives and works in that environment is being affected. This is particularly evident in the transition countries – a term which broadly covers the post-socialist nations – which have been going through many changes and reforms. In my research I have tried to look at this sphere and to identify some of those policies, developments or events that have had an impact on culture. While trying to assess the current situation and developments, I have tried to look at possible future scenarios for EU involvement in the field of culture. One of my main assumptions was that in the future, the regulation of cultural markets will be one of the key, if not the most important, element of cultural policies. I wanted to find out how Europe has been responding to trends of commodification in all aspects of culture in order to see if the EU’s often publicly declared priority of promoting cultural diversity and `unity in diversity’ was really accompanied by the most effective policy instruments. Has Europe found a way to integrate adequately both cultural and economic aspects of cultural goods and services in its policies? In that context, the study tried to identify those `other’ common, (in other words, shared) EU policies that affect cultural policies as well as to assess such influences – can they be considered as positive or negative? How have new EU member states been responding to change? Are there some policies that should be adopted at the EU level in order to counterbalance the impact of cross-cutting measures, such as taxation, for instance, on cultural policies? I have been much encouraged by the global movements for the protection of cultural diversity and the role of the EU during the negotiations in 2005 on the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions as well as some other developments within the EU, such as `Stop Bolkenstein’ – the strong opposition to the proposed `Bolkenstein Directive’ on liberalization of services in the internal market. This is partly why exploring the impact of EU enlargement on cultural policies in transition countries has turned out to be much more a reflection on cultural policy in the European Union. When analyzing existing literature, I found an interesting quote from Maja Breznik, a Slovenian researcher: “European cultural policies foster two goals that produce conflicting effects: through state interventions in the name of `democratization’ they want to broaden access to cultural goods, but through liberalization, once again in the name of `democratization’ they destroy the effects of their own measures and impose limits on the access to culture.” (Breznik 2004) It is impossible to know which one of these two `democratizations’ is going to prevail. This dilemma is particularly pertinent for the post-socialist countries, which have in the past 15 years been faced with two processes – democratization and globalization – and are still searching for the most effective strategies to overcome the difficulties of this transition. (Font: Pròleg)

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Foreword by Isabelle Schwarz -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part 1. The conceptual frame of the study -- Part 2. European Union, culture and cultural policy: the impact of EU enlargement: European Union policy towards culture ; Cultural issues in the process of EU enlargement ; The impact of EU enlargement: results of the survey of researchers and policy-makers ; Preliminary assessment of the impact of EU enlargement -- Part 3. What will the future bring? -- Notes -- References: Annex 1. Questionnaire on the impact of EU enlargement on cultural policies ; Annex 2. Article 151 of the Treaty of Amsterdam ; Annex 3. List of CPRA jury members ; Annex 4. Glossary ; Biography Nina Obuljen

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