Abstract
This article offers an exploratory discussion of two cultural policy concepts and traditions: cultural democracy in the UK and cultural equity in the US. We explore what the concepts share, how they have been shaped by their cultural policy traditions, and how they yield value for cultural policy makers, scholars, and activists. As scholars from divergent yet mutually Anglo-centric traditions, we articulate how these concepts inform one another with a view to enacting a more democratic form of cultural policy. Though the terms are used imprecisely or interchangeably, differences between concepts speak to the intersectional character of cultural inequality.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 157-168 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 26 Jun 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution-noncommercial-no derivatives license(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.Keywords
- Cultural policy
- cultural democracy
- cultural equity
- democratization of culture
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts
- Strategy and Management
- Law