Culture in the post-2015 development agenda: the anatomy of an international mobilisation

development; culture; post-2015 agenda; UNESCO; norms; creative economy; heritage; global governance; UN system; political science; globalization; international studies; international relations; media; creative industries; cultural industries; cultural diversity; cultural policies; United Nations; development policies; cultural cooperation; cultural diplomacy; soft power; international organizations

Abstract :

[en] Throughout 2012–15 several actors were advocating that culture be explicitly integrated within the post-2015 UN development agenda. My article offers an anatomy of the recent international mobilisation in order to understand the cleavages and the contrasting visions. In doing so, it seeks to analyse the policy process through which the agenda is made, why and how a critical mass of actors is attempting to embrace the inclusion of culture in the post-2015 agenda and the political reactions vis-à-vis this mobilisation. The article argues, on the one hand, that the promotion of culture in the post-2015 agenda is largely based on UNESCO’s will to advance its policy agenda and enhance its position within the UN system and, on the other hand, that this mobilisation lacks political support from the most influential governments; therefore its chances of success are more than contingent.

Research Center/Unit :

Center for International Relations Studies

Disciplines :

Political science, public administration & international relations

Author, co-author :

Vlassis, Antonios ; Université de Liège > Département de science politique > Relations internationales

Language :

English

Title :

Culture in the post-2015 development agenda: the anatomy of an international mobilisation

Publication date :

September 2015

Journal title :

Third World Quarterly

ISSN :

0143-6597

eISSN :

1360-2241

Publisher :

Routledge

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

1649-1662

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