Cultural policy, and arts funding in particular, has been a site of much contention and
discussion in Australia over the past decade. The events of the past two years took this to …

This research examines urban sculpture production to understand how a public art (called
“urban sculpture” in China) scene is produced in the country, using Shanghai as a case …

The aim of this paper is to bring new contributions to the analysis of efficiency and
productivity in the performing arts. Firstly, we consider how the behaviour of a performing …

Political superiors bestow legitimacy on decisions when delegating authority to agencies.
Yet, research convincingly demonstrates that the delegation of authority to agencies does …

Comparative studies of cultural policy commonly emphasize the way in which states treat the
autonomy of the arts. Such studies often claim that liberal states promote autonomy, while …

Housing and neighbourhoods have an important contribution to make to our wellbeing and
our sense of our place in the world. This book, written for a lay audience (with policy makers …

Purpose During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, debate about the governance and
management of national cultural institutions has largely focused on the problematic …

Agency Theory deliberates the relationship between principals and agents, and the agency
problems that originate in information asymmetries and goal conflicts. Through the lens of …

The paper argues that governing parties can use privatization as a political discipline
mechanism to reward core constituents and swing voters by diverting unwanted social and …

Focusing on the participation agenda, this paper explores the definitions, negotiations and
implementation of cultural policy at the intersection of national policy aims and local level …