SUMMARY
In a French society for which "culture is an encounter with others, an understanding of the world and an exercise in sensitivity" (Rigaud in Moulinier ,1995, p. 129), it is essential to question the ways in which the public sphere intervenes. All the more so since "when it comes to cultural policy, France is often held up as a model. Like the 'Scandinavian model' of social protection, the 'German model' of vocational training or the 'American model' (i.e., the US model) of higher education and research, the 'French model of cultural policy' is a common-sense standard for international comparisons of public policy" (Dubois, 2010, p. 18). This model was built on (1) a long-standing commitment to the arts on the part of the French state; (2) a high level of public spending on the part of ministries and decentralized departments, as well as local authorities; (3) networks of numerous renowned public institutions; and (4) the omnipresence of a proactive political discourse relayed by emblematic figures such as A. Malraux and J. Lang (Arnaud, 2012, p. 96).
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Sarah SERVAL, Deputy Director of the Attractiveness and New Territorial Marketing (A&NMT) Chair - sarah.serval@univ-amu.fr
Charlène ARNAUD, Associate Professor, UVSQ, LinkedIn
Djelloul AREZKI, Senior Lecturer in Management Sciences at the Institut de Management Public et Gouvernance Territoriale (IMPGT) - djelloul.arezki@univ-amu.fr
Edina SOLDO, University Professor at the Institut de Management Public et Gouvernance Territoriale (IMPGT) - edina.soldo@univ-amu.fr
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Hervé CHOMIENNE, Léonard GOURBIER, Raphaële PERES, Stela RAYTCHEVA
