1st Edition

The Impact of UNESCO on States' Cultural Policies 2005 Convention on Diversity of Cultural Expressions

Edited By Alexandre Couture Gagnon Copyright 2025
216 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Impact of UNESCO on States' Cultural Policies focuses on the impact of the 2005 Convention on Diversity of Cultural Expressions on the cultural policies of eight states and substates, examining how they have integrated it into their own cultural policy. Cultural diversity presents a challenge for all governments. As migration increases and technology makes access to worldwide cultural... Read more

1. Introduction

 Alexandre Couture Gagnon

 

2. France, a contradictory ally of cultural diversity

 Anne-Marie Autissier

 

3. “An Agreement to Differ” – Culture, Language and Cultural Diversity in Canada

 M. Sharon Jeannotte

 

4. German federal cultural policy in the context of the 2005 UNESCO Convention

 Mario Kölling

 

5. Language Policies and Questions of Cultural Diversity in England (20002018)

 Jeremy Ahearne

 

 6. Perspectives on culture, language, and cultural diversity in Finland

 Maria Hirvi-Ijäs and Anna Kanerva

 

7. Diversity in Swedish cultural policy

 Linnéa Lindsköld and Anders Frenander

 

8. Culture, Catalan and Cultural Diversity in Catalonia: The Growing Challenge for Cultural "National" Affirmation of Catalonia

 Alexandre Couture Gagnon, Joaquim Rius Ulldemolins, and Mariano Martín Zamorano

 

9. The diversity of cultural expressions and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation

 Michel Guérin and Roland de Bodt

 

10. Conclusion

 Alexandre Couture Gagnon

Biography

Alexandre Couture Gagnon is an associate professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA. Her expertise includes comparative public policy, minority nations and linguistic policy.