Accounting for Culture

Many scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers in the cultural sector argue
that Canadian cultural policy is at a crossroads: that the environment for
cultural policy-making has evolved substantially and that traditional
rationales for state intervention no longer apply.


The concept of cultural citizenship is a relative newcomer to the cultural
policy landscape, and offers a potentially compelling alternative rationale
for government intervention in the cultural sector. Likewise, the articulation
and use of cultural indicators and of governance concepts are also new
arrivals, emerging as potentially powerful tools for policy and program
development.


Accounting for Culture is a unique collection of essays from leading Canadian
and international scholars that critically examines cultural citizenship,
cultural indicators, and governance in the context of evolving cultural
practices and cultural policy-making. It will be of great interest to scholars
of cultural policy, communications, cultural studies, and public
administration alike.