CULTURAL POLICIES AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES. Beyond the positive logic of public action

Rausell-Köster, Pau

I Seminario Internacional Ciencias Económicas, Derecho y Cultura: Hacia un modelo del Río de la Plata.

Enter: The Economics of Culture as a "byproduct" of cultural policy The Economics of Culture, as a subdiscipline of the Economy, actually develops from a strict discussion of cultural policy. Despite this observation, it is clear that from the point of view of positive analysis and from the perspective of the disciplinary approach of the economy, the conceptual framework explaining public intervention in culture stems from the schemes for rationalising public action processes.

Pp. 77-83

Cultural Policies and Economic Sciences. Beyond the positive logic of public action.

Rausell-Köster, Pau

Un encuentro no casual: Cultura, Ciencias Económicas y Derecho.

The Economics of Culture, as a sub-discipline of Economics, actually develops from a strict discussion of cultural policy. Despite this observation, it is clear that from the point of view of positive analysis and from the disciplinary approach of economics, the conceptual framework that explains public intervention in culture comes from the schemes of rationalisation of the processes of public action. If there is an agreement in the field of the Economics of Culture, it is that, despite the mentions made by some of the classics on cultural goods and services, the work that kick-started the formation of the speciality of the Economics of Culture is the work of Baumol and Bowen: "Performing...

The Economics of Culture, as a sub-discipline of Economics, actually develops from a strict discussion of cultural policy. Despite this observation, it is clear that from the point of view of positive analysis and from the disciplinary approach of economics, the conceptual framework that explains public intervention in culture comes from the schemes of rationalisation of the processes of public action. If there is an agreement in the field of the Economics of Culture, it is that, despite the mentions made by some of the classics on cultural goods and services, the work that kick-started the formation of the speciality of the Economics of Culture is the work of Baumol and Bowen: "Performing arts, the economic dilemma. A study of problems common to theatre, opera, music and dance", which appeared in 1966. These works, commissioned by a foundation whose function was to provide funding for the arts and culture, will mark the characteristic that influences the main research to this day: the link with the disputes over the role of the public sector in subsidising culture, i.e. its attachment within Economics to those departments traditionally linked to the study of Public Finance.

Pp. 76-85

Creative cities: digging into the slogan.

Rausell Köster, Pau

El año 2009, para la Unión europea se convierte en el año de la Creatividad y la Innovación, en un momento en que el modelo económico de los primeros años del siglo XXI se muestra fracasado y a punto de empujarnos hacia una depresión económica de dimensiones preocupantes. ¿Se trata de una casualidad? o, ¿Nos encontramos ante una nueva muestra de “eventitis conmemorativa” que por reiterada pierde cualquier capacidad de generar procesos de transformación social? Parece que la propuesta de focalizar la atención de los europeos hacia la creatividad y la innovación responde a una orientación creciente, que prácticamente desde mediados de los años noventa del siglo pasado, se plantea en Europa.

Pp. 11-21

Cultural planning in the central counties. I tell you about an undeserved failure

Rausell-Köster, Pau

La planificación cultural en las comarcas centrales. El relato de un fracaso inmerecido .

This case of cultural planning is interesting to analyse two questions. i) It is a matter of planning an unusual space; the Valencian central counties, in the sense that it constitutes a supra-municipal territory but has no administrative/political structure governing it. What is more, we are talking about a territory that is spread over two different provinces. The attributes of the planned territory point precisely to the fact that, from the perspective of the rationality of planning, as we explained most clearly, the definition of the territory that is the subject of this planning is the idiom ii) We are talking about a process of integrated planning which, at the end of the 1990s,...

This case of cultural planning is interesting to analyse two questions. i) It is a matter of planning an unusual space; the Valencian central counties, in the sense that it constitutes a supra-municipal territory but has no administrative/political structure governing it. What is more, we are talking about a territory that is spread over two different provinces. The attributes of the planned territory point precisely to the fact that, from the perspective of the rationality of planning, as we explained most clearly, the definition of the territory that is the subject of this planning is the idiom ii) We are talking about a process of integrated planning which, at the end of the 1990s, recognises unequivocally and without doubt that the cultural dimension is a strategic dimension for this planning, and this aspect and circumstance is only beginning to be accepted in a less exceptional way in the territorial planning processes at this stage – at the end of 2006.

Pp. 357-385

Cultura. Estrategia para el desarrollo local

Rausell Köster, Pau Abeledo Sanchís, Raúl Carrasco Arroyo, Salvador Martínez Tormo, José

Catálogo general de publicaciones generales.

Culture. Strategy for local development, is the work of a team consolidated in the research on the relationship between culture and territory and which defends an idea that is gradually gaining ground among experts: the competitiveness of a territory is increasingly dependent on the management model of its symbolic dimension, i.e. the set of meanings that permeate the territory. In its different chapters, the book sets out, among other things, how this relationship between culture and development takes shape, what the framework for action of cultural policy is, what Agenda 21 for culture means as a regulatory framework for cultural policy, what the Local Cultural System is, and what...

Culture. Strategy for local development, is the work of a team consolidated in the research on the relationship between culture and territory and which defends an idea that is gradually gaining ground among experts: the competitiveness of a territory is increasingly dependent on the management model of its symbolic dimension, i.e. the set of meanings that permeate the territory. In its different chapters, the book sets out, among other things, how this relationship between culture and development takes shape, what the framework for action of cultural policy is, what Agenda 21 for culture means as a regulatory framework for cultural policy, what the Local Cultural System is, and what specificities entrepreneurship in culture has to offer. A long journey that shows us the multidimensionality of social phenomena, especially those linked to culture. The authors of the present work, who start from the Economics of Culture paradigm, firmly believe in this main idea and develop both theoretical frameworks and recommendations for specific policy models, with the aim of intelligently managing the cultural capacities of a territory. Their recommendations come from a practice developed over the last 10 years in the analysis and diagnosis of cultural intervention models at the local level. As the authors point out, "the cultural defines an effective and hopeful new frontier in the field of development".

289 Pages

Diagnosis and proposals on the model of competitiveness of the activities of the artisans artists fallers of Valencia.

Rausell-Köster, Pau Abeledo Sanchís, Raúl Marco Serrano, Francisco

Diagnóstico y propuestas sobre el modelo de competitividad de las actividades de los artesanos artistas falleros de Valencia..

The objectives of this study are to establish the socio-labor and production conditions for the development of the activity of the artisan fallero artists, as well as the conditions of the functioning of the "market" in which the production of the Artisan Guild of Fallero Artists of Valencia is exchanged and demanded. From the study of these conditions, a series of diagnoses are established that visualize what are the weaknesses and threats of the sector and what are the strengths and opportunities to take advantage of to improve the conditions of competitiveness and innovation in which the sector could grow. Apart from the use of secondary sources in the cases that have been required, the...

The objectives of this study are to establish the socio-labor and production conditions for the development of the activity of the artisan fallero artists, as well as the conditions of the functioning of the "market" in which the production of the Artisan Guild of Fallero Artists of Valencia is exchanged and demanded. From the study of these conditions, a series of diagnoses are established that visualize what are the weaknesses and threats of the sector and what are the strengths and opportunities to take advantage of to improve the conditions of competitiveness and innovation in which the sector could grow. Apart from the use of secondary sources in the cases that have been required, the main use of the information obtained will come from the elaboration of a previous survey.

Pp. 99

Economia de la cultura

Rausell, Pau

Treballs de Comunicació [Societat Catalana de Comunicació]. No.22

This article summarizes the contributions from the area of studies referred to as the economy of culture, a sub-discipline of economics recognized by the Journal of Economic Literature, to research on social realities involving culture in the Valencia Country—a subject closely allied with communication. From this standpoint, the present article focuses on research of the mid-1990s coming from a) a strictly academic context, b) sector and territorial project plans in which culture is incorporated in a meaningful way, c) studies derived from an educational context aimed at culture management, d) from conferences or similar events. In conclusion, and granted the contradiction, it must be said...

This article summarizes the contributions from the area of studies referred to as the economy of culture, a sub-discipline of economics recognized by the Journal of Economic Literature, to research on social realities involving culture in the Valencia Country—a subject closely allied with communication. From this standpoint, the present article focuses on research of the mid-1990s coming from a) a strictly academic context, b) sector and territorial project plans in which culture is incorporated in a meaningful way, c) studies derived from an educational context aimed at culture management, d) from conferences or similar events. In conclusion, and granted the contradiction, it must be said that the history of research in the economy of culture in the Valencia Country is very recent, despite the large public investment in cultural infrastructures, and is limited even at present to a small group of researchers mainly from the Universitat de Valencia.

p. 243-255

Économie et politiques du patrimoine

Rausell Köster, Pau

La politique culturelle en Espagne.

Reseña

Cultura en la Comunidad Valenciana

Rausell Köster, Pau

La Comunidad Valenciana en el siglo XXI. Estrategias de desarrollo económico.

En el ámbito de la planificación económica y territorial, cada vez se va generando mayor consenso alrededor de la afirmación de que la dimensión simbólica de un espacio es un factor relevante para determinar su competitividad. Los últimos y precisos estudios, dirigidos por el profesor Ezequiel Uriel (Uriel, E., 2007), muestran que en el conjunto de España y de acuerdo con las definiciones estándar de los sectores culturales, estos sectores suponen alrededor del 3% del PIB, lo que implica una posición muy próxima a otros grandes sectores económicos (-en el año 2004, 3,07 % de participación en el VAB del sector de actividades culturales, 3,85% del VAB de las actividades ligadas a la propiedad...

En el ámbito de la planificación económica y territorial, cada vez se va generando mayor consenso alrededor de la afirmación de que la dimensión simbólica de un espacio es un factor relevante para determinar su competitividad. Los últimos y precisos estudios, dirigidos por el profesor Ezequiel Uriel (Uriel, E., 2007), muestran que en el conjunto de España y de acuerdo con las definiciones estándar de los sectores culturales, estos sectores suponen alrededor del 3% del PIB, lo que implica una posición muy próxima a otros grandes sectores económicos (-en el año 2004, 3,07 % de participación en el VAB del sector de actividades culturales, 3,85% del VAB de las actividades ligadas a la propiedad intelectual frente al 77% del sector de la Agricultura Ganadería y Pesca, o el 2,56% del sector de la Energía-)