Explicit and implicit cultural policy

Some economic aspects

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12340371
AutoresDavid Throsby (0000-0003-2179-6530, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen15
Número2
Páginas179-185
Fecha de publicación2009-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Cultural Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1028-6632 • E-ISSN: 1477-2833
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10286630902760840
OpenAlexW2042892259
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas24
Referencias citadas3

This paper considers the explicit/implicit cultural policy distinction from the viewpoint of economics, suggesting that some economic policies have a hidden cultural purpose, and therefore qualify as implicit cultural policy. Examples in the public policy arena are drawn from macroeconomic policy, immigration, taxation, labour market policy, media regulation and international trade. Some of these may involve deliberate cultural change, in others the effect on culture may be unintentional and in still others the policy is simply reflective of the cultural status quo. The paper goes on to look at the reverse possibility, i.e. that some explicit cultural policy may be implicit economic policy; creative industries policy is put forward as an illustration. The possibility that all these types of implicit policies may be exercised also by non‐government agents is briefly discussed. The paper concludes with some observations about the implications of the implicit policy concept for cultural policy studies

Cultural policy · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Market economy · Policy analysis · Policy studies · Political economy · Political science · Positive economics · Public economics · Public policy · Status quo · Art History and Market Analysis · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics