In this significant intervention into the academic and institutional
debate on European cultural identity, Monica Sassatelli examines the identity-building
intentions and effects of the European Capital of Culture program, and also looks at the
work of the Council of Europe and the recent European Landscape Convention.
MONICA SASSATELLI is a Research Fellow based at the Centre for Social
and Political Thought at the University of Sussex, UK.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
List of Illustrations
Introduction
PART I: MAKING THE EUROPEANS: CULTURAL IDENTITY AND CULTURAL POLICY
Imagined Europe: Narratives of European Cultural Identity
European Cultural Policies
PART II: BEING AND BECOMING: THE EUROPEAN CAPITALS OF CULTURE
A Simple Idea and a Vision: The ECOC Programme
A 'Wealth of Urban Cultures': The European Cities of Culture in 2000
PART III: EUROPE AS LANDSCAPE: THE EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE CONVENTION
From Monuments to Landscape: The European Landscape Convention
Europe as a Landscape: Unity in Diversity in Practice
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
248 pages, Hardcover