Sustaining Cultural Development: Unified Systems and New Governance in Cultural Life (Biljana Mickov and James Doyle, eds.: Ashgate, 2013)

Abstract

In Sustaining Cultural Development, Biljana Mickov and James Doyle argue that substantial investment in both research and strategic planning is required if programmes to promote greater participation in cultural life are to be effective. Mickov is a cultural manager, researcher and consultant working in Serbia, and Doyle is a cultural manager and practising artist based in Dublin. Both editors thus bring different European perspectives and practitioner backgrounds to bear in assembling a collection of case studies from contributors throughout Europe to evidence their claim that ‘arts and cultural management is increasingly becoming associated with facilitating the mobility and development of society and of urbanisation at a global level’ (p.233).