Introduction David Looseley 1. Notions of the popular in cultural policy: a comparative history of France and Britain David Looseley 2. The popular, the diverse and the excellent: political values and UK cultural policy John Street 3. Lowbrow culture and French cultural policy: the socio-political logics of a changing and paradoxical relationship Vincent Dubois 4. Researching live music: some thoughts on policy implications Martin Cloonan 5. Designs on the popular: framings of general, universal and common culture in French educational policy Jeremy Ahearne 6. Strategic canonisation: sanctity, popular culture and the Catholic church Oliver Bennett
Biography
David Looseley is Emeritus Professor of Contemporary French Culture at the University of Leeds, UK. He founded the Popular Cultures Research Network in 2005 and was its director until 2010. He has published extensively on French cultural policy and popular culture.
