The cultural paradiplomacy of Barcelona since the 1980s: understanding transformations in local cultural paradiplomacy

This article seeks to explain the conditions for the emergence and institutionalization of the cultural paradiplomacy of the city of Barcelona and its local effects. The recognition of the city as an active participant on the international stage is based on its evolution from an industrial to a serv...

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Autores: Zamorano-Barrios, Mariano-Martin, Rodríguez Morató, Arturo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/119211
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/119211
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Palabra clave:Política cultural
Relacions internacionals
Pluralisme cultural
Cultural policy
International relations
Cultural pluralism
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spelling The cultural paradiplomacy of Barcelona since the 1980s: understanding transformations in local cultural paradiplomacyZamorano-Barrios, Mariano-MartinRodríguez Morató, ArturoPolítica culturalRelacions internacionalsPluralisme culturalCultural policyInternational relationsCultural pluralismThis article seeks to explain the conditions for the emergence and institutionalization of the cultural paradiplomacy of the city of Barcelona and its local effects. The recognition of the city as an active participant on the international stage is based on its evolution from an industrial to a service economy. Against this backdrop, Barcelona's city council, in common with many other city authorities operating in the world's metropolises during the 1980s, initiated its own cultural paradiplomacy as a strategy for attracting capital and promoting local development. This policy became established as part of a new multilevel system of governance. This article analyzes the causes of the institutionalization of this activity from an intergovernmental perspective. It concludes that in the context of economic globalization, the emergence of cities' cultural paradiplomacy is strongly related to the restructuring of the State and its external administration and to the intensification of the 'cultural branding' of cities as a tool for global competition.Taylor and Francis2015info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/119211Articles publicats en revistes (Sociologia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2014.943752International Journal of Cultural Policy, 2015, vol. 21, num. 5, p. 554-576https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2014.943752(c) Taylor and Francis, 2015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1192112026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The cultural paradiplomacy of Barcelona since the 1980s: understanding transformations in local cultural paradiplomacy
title The cultural paradiplomacy of Barcelona since the 1980s: understanding transformations in local cultural paradiplomacy
spellingShingle The cultural paradiplomacy of Barcelona since the 1980s: understanding transformations in local cultural paradiplomacy
Zamorano-Barrios, Mariano-Martin
Política cultural
Relacions internacionals
Pluralisme cultural
Cultural policy
International relations
Cultural pluralism
title_short The cultural paradiplomacy of Barcelona since the 1980s: understanding transformations in local cultural paradiplomacy
title_full The cultural paradiplomacy of Barcelona since the 1980s: understanding transformations in local cultural paradiplomacy
title_fullStr The cultural paradiplomacy of Barcelona since the 1980s: understanding transformations in local cultural paradiplomacy
title_full_unstemmed The cultural paradiplomacy of Barcelona since the 1980s: understanding transformations in local cultural paradiplomacy
title_sort The cultural paradiplomacy of Barcelona since the 1980s: understanding transformations in local cultural paradiplomacy
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Zamorano-Barrios, Mariano-Martin
Rodríguez Morató, Arturo
author Zamorano-Barrios, Mariano-Martin
author_facet Zamorano-Barrios, Mariano-Martin
Rodríguez Morató, Arturo
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Política cultural
Relacions internacionals
Pluralisme cultural
Cultural policy
International relations
Cultural pluralism
topic Política cultural
Relacions internacionals
Pluralisme cultural
Cultural policy
International relations
Cultural pluralism
description This article seeks to explain the conditions for the emergence and institutionalization of the cultural paradiplomacy of the city of Barcelona and its local effects. The recognition of the city as an active participant on the international stage is based on its evolution from an industrial to a service economy. Against this backdrop, Barcelona's city council, in common with many other city authorities operating in the world's metropolises during the 1980s, initiated its own cultural paradiplomacy as a strategy for attracting capital and promoting local development. This policy became established as part of a new multilevel system of governance. This article analyzes the causes of the institutionalization of this activity from an intergovernmental perspective. It concludes that in the context of economic globalization, the emergence of cities' cultural paradiplomacy is strongly related to the restructuring of the State and its external administration and to the intensification of the 'cultural branding' of cities as a tool for global competition.
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