Cultural Policy and Socialist France

by David E. Wachtel

Overview

The past fifteen years have seen a major evolution in French society and the way it views culture. Cultural Policy and Socialist France offers a multi-faceted approach to determining what role the Socialist Party has had in that change through a detailed evaluation of the policies of the Ministry of Culture under President Francois Mitterrand and Minister of Culture Jack Lang.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313255496
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/30/1987
Series:	Contributions in Political Science , #17
Pages:	134
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	1550L (what's this?)

About the Author

DAVID WACHTEL is a freelance jourbanalist and writer.

Table of Contents

French Terms and Abbreviations
Introduction: The Politics of Culture
Culture and the Search for Political Legitimation in France
The Road to 1981: Local Roots of a National Policy
Political Culture and Cultural Policy
Television
Architecture and the Politics of Grandeur
The End of the Monopoly
Conclusion: The House that Jack Built