Globalization, Culture, and Development: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity

This edited collection outlines the accomplishments, shortcomings, and future policy prospects of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, arguing that the Convention is not broad enough to confront the challenges concerning human rights, sustainability, and cultural diversity as a whole.

Table of Contents:
Introduction; Christiaan De Beukelaer and Miikka Pyykkönen PART I: CULTURE 1. Confusing Culture, Polysemous Diversity: 'Culture' and 'Cultural Diversity' in and after the Convention; Yudhishthir Raj Isar and Miikka Pyykko?nen 2. Cultural Globalisation and the Convention (JP Singh) 3. Competing perspectives? WTO and UNESCO on cultural diversity in global trade; Jan Loisen and Caroline Pauwels PART II: DIVERSITY 4. 'Cultural diversity' at UNESCO: a trajectory; Galia Saouma and Yudhishthir Raj Isar 5. Cultural and biological diversity: interconnections in ordinary places; Nathalie Blanc and Katriina Soini 6. The 'Culture and Trade' Paradox Reloaded; Rostam Neuwirth 7. Cultural Diversity, Global Change and Social Justice: Contextualizing the Convention in a World in Flux; John Clammer PART III: CONVENTION 8. Cultural Human Rights and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: More than Meets the Eye?; Yvonne Donders 9. Performativity anddynamics of intangible cultural heritage; Christoph Wulf 10. The 2005 Convention in the Digital Age; Véronique Guèvremont PART IV: LOOKING AHEAD 11. Cultural Diplomacy and the 2005 UNESCO Convention; Carla Figueira 12. The 2005 UNESCO Convention and Civil Society an Initial Assessment; Helmut K. Anheier and Michael Hoelscher 13. Culture and Sustainable Development: Beyond the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; Christiaan De Beukelaer and Raquel Freitas Conclusions; JP Singh Appendix: The 2005 UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions

About the Author :
Helmut Anheier, Hertie School of Governance, Germany. Nathalie Blanc, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France. John Clammer, United Nations University and Kanda University, Japan. Yvonne Donders, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Carla Figueira, Goldsmiths, University of London. Véronique Guèvremont, Laval University, Canada. Yudhishthir Raj Isar, The American University of Paris, France, and University of Western Sydney, Australia. Jan Loisen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Rostam J. Neuwirth, University of Macau, Macau. Caroline Pauwels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Galia Saouma, Independent Scholar. Katriina Soini, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Christophe Wulf, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. ?

Review :

“This volume of critical essays offers a well-researched commentary and a fairly trenchant critique on the formulation, application and future viability of the 2005 UN Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions. … this volume is essential reading, and as I have indicated, generates some of the most pressing challenges for cultural policy-making on many levels as much as research.” (Jonathan Vickery, Cultural Trends, April, 2016)

'The contributions in this excellently edited and well-balanced collection help foreground and analyze the essential issues and stakes of the often very complex relationships between local, regional, national, international and world culture, from a cultural-political point of view.' - Jan Baetens, University of Leuven, Belgium

'This book brings together a range of papers written by experts in the field who provide a critical appraisal of various aspects of the Convention's operations and speculate about the prospects for its future. The differing perspectives of the authors are sure to stimulate debate about the Convention's strengths and weaknesses.' - David Throsby, Macquarie University, Australia

'By focusing on the impact of the UNESCO Convention, this important collection offers valuable insights on the challenges of translating the contested, but widely used, concepts of culture and diversity into public policy and action, and pathways for making those links more effective.' - Vijayendra Rao,The World Bank