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Cultural Diversity, Cultural Networks and Trade: International Cultural Policy Debate
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Cultural Diversity, Cultural Networks and Trade: International Cultural Policy Debate

Ben Goldsmith
Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy, Vol.102(1), pp.35-53
2002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X0210200106
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Language, Communication and Culture Studies in Human Society Studies in Creative Arts and Writing international trade cultural policy cultural pluralism cultural policy international cooperation
This article sketches some of the ways in which the language and concepts of cultural diversity are being taken up internationally. The debate has been driven in part by concerns about the treatment of cultural goods, services and knowledge in trade agreements. But it also involves larger questions about the role of the state, the role of non-state actors in domestic policy formation, and the shape and function of international policy communities comprising both state and non-state actors. The extent of the discussion of cultural diversity internationally is described through new formal and informal cultural networks and work towards an international instrument for cultural diversity to lay our ground rules for international trade, cultural exchange and policy principles to guide governmental responsibilities. The article concludes with analysis of some of these new networks, and investigates why Canada has been so prominent in these international efforts.

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