THE THESIS CONSISTS, FROM THE THEORETICAL POINT OF VIEW, OF AN APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL POLICIES, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND WITHIN THE AMBITO DE LA ACCIÓ PUBLICA. TO THIS END, IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY TO BEGIN WITH A HISTORIC DISGRESSION ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE POLITICO POWER AND THE PROVISION OF CULTURE THAT ESTE OFFERS, QUESTIONING ADEMAS, SOME OF THE SPEECHES THAT INVOLVE A MORAL HIERARCHIZATION OF PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION OR CULTURAL PROVISION VERSUS PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION OR PROVISION OF OTHER TYPES OF GOODS. THE CONCLUSIONS OF THIS APPROACH LEAD TO THE ASSERTION THAT CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL POLYTICAS ARE DEUTORES ON THE ONE HAND OF AN INDIVIDUAL LOGIC EXPLAINING THE ACTIONS OF "CULTURAL POLYTECHNICS" THAT CONFORM TO THE PRACTICES OF "CULTURAL POLYTECHNICS" THAT ARE SHAPED BY THE SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL FUNCTIONALITY OF THE CULTURAL PROVISION AND ON THE OTHER HAND ARE A CONSEQUENCE OF THE VALUATIVE HERITAGE THAT THE ILUSTRATION INCORPORATES THE "RIGHT TO CULTURE" AS ONE OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN IN WESTERN SOCIETIES AND THAT IN EUROPE AT LEAST CONSTITUTES A MONTH OF THE PILLARS OF THE WELFARE STATE. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE, A MODEL OF INTERPRETING CULTURAL POLYTICAS CONSISTS OF A CLASIFICACION FROM THE THEORETICAL DEFINITION OF THE INTENTIONALITY OF CULTURAL POLYTICAS THROUGH ITS BENEFICIARIES. TO DETECT INTENTIONALITY, PLAUSIBLE CORRELATIONS ARE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN BENEFICIARIES AND FORMS OF INTERVENTION (STAGE OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS E) L'ENFOCAMENT TRADICIONAL DE LA ECONOMIA DE L'ART I LA CULTURA, EN ESTE AMBITO, I TAL COM REPASSA SUCCINTAMENT EL TEXT, S'HA LIMITAT A DISCUTIR ELS ARGUMENTS EN FAVOR O EN CONTRA DE LA INTERVENCION PUBLICA PERÒ LA LITERATURA HABITUAL NO HA TRACTAT LES VARIABLES QUE DETERMINEN L'OFERTA DE LES POLITICAS CULTURALS PER PART DELS SEUS RESPONSABLES POLITICOS. DES DE PERSPECTIVA S'ELABORA UN MODEL DE INTERPRETACION DE LES POLITICAS CULTURALS QUE CONSISTEIX EN UNA CLASIFICACION A partir de LA DEFINICION TEORICA DE LA INTENCIONALITAT DE LES POLITICAS CULTURALS A TRAVES DELS SEUS BENEFICIARIS. PER A DETECTAR ESTA INTENCIONALITAT S'ESTABLEIXEN CORRELACIONS PLAUSIBLES ENTRE ELS BENEFICIARIS I LES FORMES DE INTERVENCION (ESTADI DEL PROCÉS DE PRODUCCION E