Who governs culture? Actors, federalism and expertise in Swiss regional cultural policy. Issue 3 (15th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Marx, Lisa
• Is Part Of: International journal of cultural policy. Volume 26:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 365
• Page End: 382
• Publication Date: 2020-04-15
• Subjects: Cultural policy -- public policy -- federalism -- policy making -- Switzerland -- cultural actors; Cultural policy -- Periodicals; 353.7
• DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2018.1518977
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1028-6632

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article proposes a novel approach to cultural policies and cultural policy change, drawing on public policy and institutional analysis to study how decision-making power is distributed between actors in the public and private sectors and at different state levels, as well as the precise roles of public administrations, elected officials and cultural actors. Indeed, rather than directly defining cultural policy, laws on culture mostly designate actors in charge of policy implementation. Based on an empirical application of this analytical framework to the case of Swiss cantons and focusing specifically on the positions of cultural actors, findings show that cultural policies are transformed in different ways, affording more or less power to actors from the cultural sector in implementation arrangements generally dominated by administrative actors.