Conviction, Votes, or Nationalism?
How intrinsic and contextual factors drives cultural policymaking
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https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v10i3.1760Keywords:
nation building, intrinsic demand, constituency demand, cultural policy, motivation, cultural diplomacyAbstract
Why do policymakers pursue cultural policies? The existing literature presents several potential answers but no study has surveyed them in a comprehensive way. In this essay, I examine a diverse array of factors behind cultural policymaking. Combining domestic and international perspectives, I identify three major motivations: intrinsic demand, constituency demands and nation-building objectives. I employ a mix of qualitative and quantitative evidence to explore the hypotheses stemming from these different decision-making dynamics.
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