Despite its obvious relevance for understanding the future orientation of cultural creation and consumption, the cultural behaviour of young people appears neglected by the research. There is indeed a mosaic of sectoral and local studies, but systematic and nation-wide analysis appears to be...

Cultural economy and environmental economy, although working separately, share many themes and approaches. Among these, the issue of value and its measurement, the spatial and territorial dimension, the special place given to policy-making, the specific financial issues, common roots in the...

Museum statistics is by no way a simple matter. EGMUS, the dedicatedEuropean Statistical Group, is up to now unable to publish thetotal number of museums operating in its 27 member States, since definitions vary greatly from one country to another. For 2011, Germany records 6.304 museums, France...

The making of regional development policies in Italy, in the framework of EU Structural Funds and Cohesion Policies, had a deep and positive impact on public planning and management in the cultural field. An interesting reinvention of the public sector, at the central - state level, as well as...