Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Imperialism

This book aims to contribute to the debate on European cultural policy and cultural diplomacy as well as to fill in the gap that exists in this under-researched field. It examines individual practices in 10 selected cases while the introduction study outlines main features of the EU cultural diplomacy.

Autorentext

Martina Topi is a research fellow at the University of Zagreb (Croatia), currently completing a PhD in Sociology of Nationalism. She worked on several research projects including FP7 IME (2009-2012) and UNESCO Media indicators research (2008-2009). Sinia Rodin is a Jean Monnet professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. He led several research projects including Jean Monnet European Law and FP7 IME. He holds a PhD in Law and specializes in the field of the EU Law and HE.

Inhalt
Content: Martina Topi/Cassandra Sciortino: Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Hegemony. A Framework for the Analysis Miklós Székely: Rebuilding History. The Political Meaning of the Hungarian Historical Pavilion at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition Margarita Kefalaki: Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Communication. Example of France and Corsica Atsuko Ichijo: Cultural Diplomacy in the Contemporary United Kingdom. The Case of the British Council Ayhan Kaya/Aye Tecmen: The Role of Yunus Emre Cultural Centres in Turkish Cultural Diplomacy Laurens Runderkamp: Dutch and German International Cultural Policy in Comparison Ovidiana Bulumac/Gabriel Sapunaru: Loosing Focus. An Outline for Romanian Cultural Diplomacy Daniela Chàlàniova: Cultural Diplomacy and Stereotypes in Present-Day Czech-Slovak Relations Breaking with the Past? Hetero-Stereotypes of Czechs and Slovaks Twenty Years from the Velvet Divorce Diego Albano: Italian Cultural Diplomacy. A Playboy's Diplomacy? Alexandros Sakellariou: Greek Orthodox Church's Public Discourse. Balancing between Cultural Hegemony and Cultural Diplomacy Martina Topi: Culture and Identity as Tools for Forging Europeanization.