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Book SynopsisThe «European Capital of Culture» initiative offered dazzling programmes at the RUHR.2010 and Marseille-Provence 2013 locations; these programmes also claimed to have cultural-political sustainability. The study examines to what extent the concepts of the two cities contributed to processes of cultural policy transformation at the locations in terms of sustainable governance structures in the cultural sector. It also shows how intrinsic identities affected a culturally shaped transformation of the two sites. The need to reform the ECoC initiative is also discussed.
Table of ContentsCultural policy dispositions and concepts in RUHR.2010 and Marseille-Provence 2013 – Processes of cultural policy transformation in RUHR.2010 and Marseille-Provence 2013 – Cultural policy sustainability of RUHR.2010 and Marseille-Provence 2013 – Critical questions and comments about the status quo of the ECoC initiative – Cultural policy perspectives for the future development of the ECoC initiative
