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Gray, Clive (2015) Ambiguity and cultural policy. Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidsskrift (Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy), 18 (1). pp. 66-80. ISSN 2000-8325.

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Abstract

The peculiarities of cultural policy as a policy sector give rise to many difficulties for policy-makers – particularly the creation of poorly-defined and confused policies – stemming from the essentially-contested nature of the core concept with which it is dealing. This is identified as a problem of policy ambiguity, with ambiguity being endemic to the sector. This ambiguity is expressed in multiple ways in terms of policy contents, expectations, outputs, outcomes and mechanisms, and these serve to make the sector a subject of political disagreements, policy inconsistencies and evaluation confusion. Differences between ambiguity as a deliberate choice for policy participants, and as a consequential effect of the structural characteristics of the policy sector are identified. The results of these in terms of the policy forms that are generated for the cultural sector, and the creation of dissent about these – and about the legitimacy and rationality of cultural policies – are identified, as are the results of ambiguity in terms of expectations, contestation, clarity, implementation effectiveness and the control of policy.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CB History of civilization
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Cultural policy, Culture
Journal or Publication Title: Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidsskrift (Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy)
Publisher: Hoegskolan i Boraas
ISSN: 2000-8325
Official Date: 2015
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Volume: 18
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 66-80
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
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vol. 18, Nr. 1-2015 s. 66–80
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Date of first compliant deposit: 28 July 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 28 July 2016

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