ABSTRACT
This book has dealt with the core themes of modernity, methods and value within cultural policy. It has covered the examples of why people consume and participate, life in the creative economy, urban regeneration and public value. Alongside these examples, the book has given a narrative concerned with the role of social science methods in constructing and making possible the context in which the case studies are situated. The text has concerned itself with the problem of cultural policy in modernity, how cultural policy reflects both the move from government to governance and certain governmentality necessary for cultural policy. To conclude, the book situates these themes in a discussion of the BBC, a key cultural institution that has developed from the UK to have a global role.
