ID - 56993933 TI - Cultural policy in the polder : 25 years Dutch Cultural Policy Act AU - van Meerkerk, Edwin AU - van den Hoogen, Quirijn PY - 2018 SN - 9789462986251 9789048537471 9048537479 9462986258 PB - Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of cultural policy KW - Netherlands KW - History of civilization KW - anno 1990-1999 KW - anno 2000-2009 KW - anno 2010-2019 KW - Educational law and legislation KW - Art and state KW - Science and state KW - Art KW - Arts KW - Politics and art KW - State and art KW - Art and society KW - Cultural policy KW - Education and state KW - Government policy KW - Netherlands. KW - Cultural policy. KW - Cultural Policy, National Policy, Policy System, Cultural Policy Research. KW - cultuurbeleid UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:56993933 AB - At the occasion of the 25 anniversary of the Dutch Cultural Policy Act, Dutch academics in cultural policy research have compiled a volume to commemorate the quarter century in which Dutch cultural policy has developed and analyse the key debates in Dutch cultural policy for the coming years. Historically, central public authority in the Netherlands has been problematic. The country's origin as a confederation of seven independent republics, has had effect in the sense that government usually works 'bottom up'. As a result the Netherlands has relatively few national cultural institutions when compared to other countries. Moreover, the national media never have been linked to the nation state. It is therefore surprising that the nation's cultural policy can be described as a national system in which the nation state sets the agenda rather than cities and regions. ER -