The Third Sector: Cultural Diversity and Civil Society

Abstract

This paper provides a general overview of the types, membership bases, major positions, and political strategies of cultural groups and policy networks in Canadian cultural policy. There is a need for independent and critical research which can assess and respond to the growth of the several cultural coalitions operating throughout civil society. Within this context, the Canadian and multilateral initiative around a separate cultural accord in global politics offers an avenue of possibility for Canadian rethinking of the value of cultural diversity on the local, national, and international levels. The paper concludes with some suggestions for applying the principles of civic realism to the politics of cultural diversity. Résumé: Cet article fournit une vue d'ensemble sur les types de groupes culturels et de réseaux politiques en politique culturelle canadienne, ainsi que leur nombre d'adhérents, leurs positions principales et leurs stratégies politiques. Dans cette optique, il serait nécessaire d'entreprendre une recherche indépendante et critique pouvant mesurer la croissance des nombreuses coalitions culturelles oeuvrant dans la société civile et pouvant réagir à cette croissance. Dans ce contexte, l'initiative canadienne et multilatérale pour avoir un accord culturel séparé dans les négociations mondiales offre la possibilité au Canada de repenser la valeur de la diversité culturelle aux niveaux local, national et international. Cet article conclut en suggérant comment les principes du réalisme civique peuvent s'appliquer aux politiques de la diversité culturelle.

Acting in the Name of Culture? The Participation of Organized Labour in the Canadian Broadcasting Policy Process

“…Chapter three situates the Canadian film and television industry and its workers in the globalized economy, providing an historical and organizational profile for each of the unions in order to analyze how their internal structure and philosophy affects their engagement w ith public policy in general and Canadian dramatic programming in particular. I draw heavily from scholarship related to the role of groups in policy networks, including Atkinson & Coleman (1996), Murray (2002), Pal (2001) and Pross (1992). Research methodology in compiling the profiles examined size, location of national and regional offices, age and historical beginnings, jurisdictions, organizational structure and governance, examination of their mission statement and constitution where possible, requirements and benefits of membership, general organizational activities, budget and policy resources, affiliates and partnerships, main issues in policy intervention and a review of all key policy documents related to dramatic programming from 1998 to present.…”

“…Negotiating competing economic, social, political and cultural interests, the state relies heavily on civil society organizations to mitigate the power of private interests, providing greater balance to the perspectives of benefit (Murray 2002).…”

“…Common amongst them is the notion of the public interest at the core of its use. As Murray (2002) notes, Civil society can range from connoting a framework for values and norms (espousing social ideals of cultural tolerance, civil virtue, respect for human dignity, and so on) to denoting a collective noun. It can also designate a space for action separate from that of state and market; an historical movement...a social movement, critical of the cultural atomization of modern liberalism; or an antidote to (or surrogate for) the state (332).…”

“…A trade union w ill likely (albeit not necessarily) have more resources and expertise at its disposal for policy intervention and influence than a concerned citizen's group or block association. While labour organizations are widely considered to fall under the vast umbrella of civil society organizations, to discuss them in this framework erases the characteristics specific to the role of labour in the policy processes (Murray 2002, Pal 2001, Uphoff and Krishna 2004. Labour has an important role to play, but it is as a labour organization, not to be confused or conflated with other civil society representatives who, depending on the wide variety of definitions available, can range from the broadcasters to the Girl Guides.…”

Influence Of Civil Society On Development Of The Economy Of The Region

“…According to her "the term 'civil society' refers to the space for human association which forms in response to the pursuit of culture", which is just the thing Russia needs. Moreover, she recognizes that the realm of civil society is often influenced and penetrated by the forces of both state and market (Murray, 2002). So even the smaller associational networks of civil societysuch as unions, parties, https: //dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2019.04.97 Corresponding Author: R. A. Timofeeva Selection and peer-review under 907 movements, interest groups, and policy networksshape the larger state and economy's actions in the cultural sphere.…”