Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> Public Policy - Cultural Policy

The control of, and promotion, of culture have been bound up with politics in Korea to a surprising degree. From the period of Japanese colonial rule (1910-45) through the immediate post-war and Korean War periods to the authoritarian regimes of the 1970s and 1980s, cultural policy was used by successive governments to help define national identity, and, more recently, to project soft power abroad. This book traces the development of cultural policy in South Korea, highlighting this strong connection to wider government policy. Amongst many other subjects, the book discusses how the arts...

"The book is very well written, the ethnography superb, the topic of great contemporary relevance . . . It makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of Cypriot society as well as to the creation of heritage." - Vassos Argyrou, University of Hull

On the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, rural...

It is difficult to fully understand the role that sport plays in contemporary global society without understanding how and why governments, NGOs and other organizations formulate and implement policy relating to sport. The Routledge Handbook of Sport Policy is the only book to offer a comprehensive overview of current perspectives, techniques and approaches to the analysis of sport policy around the world.

The book introduces a diverse range of approaches to policy analysis across the full range of political and societal contexts, including developed and developing...

Global Crime and Justice offers a truly transnational examination of both deviance and social controls around the world. Unlike comparative textbooks detailing the criminal justice systems of a few select nations, or cataloging types of international crimes that span multiple legal jurisdictions, Global Crime and Justice provides a critical and integrated investigation into the nature of crime and how different societies react to it. The book first details various types of international crime, including genocide, war crimes, international drug and weapons smuggling,...