[ecrea] New Book: Globalization, Culture and Development: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity

Please find hereby the details of our newly published edited volume.

*De Beukelaer, C., Pyykkönen, M., and Singh, J. P. (eds.) (2015)
Globalization, Culture and Development: The UNESCO Convention
on Cultural Diversity.
<http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/globalization-culture-and-development-christiaan-de-beukelaer/?K=9781137397621> 
Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan. *

/The 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the
Diversity of Cultural Expressions provides an international policy lens
for analysing broad debates on issues of cultural globalization and
development. The interdisciplinary contributions in this volume offer a
fresh understanding of these key issues whilst examining cultural
globalization, which is conceived in terms of artistic expressions and
entertainment industries and interpreted anthropologically as the
rituals, symbols, and practices of everyday life. The broad gamut of
theories, methods, and evidence collected by the editors outlines
UNESCO's accomplishments, shortcomings, and future policy prospects.
This edited collection has a clear message: The Convention is a useful
and important instrument in the debate on cultural diversity, but not
broad enough or sufficient to confront major challenges concerning human
rights, sustainability, and cultural diversity as a whole./


Globalization, Culture, and Development


Please feel free to use the *discount code* (*PM15THIRTY*) to order the
book from Palgrave:
http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/globalization-culture-and-development-christiaan-de-beukelaer/?K=9781137397621

Thank you in advance for your kind consideration,
Christiaan De Beukelaer <https://qmu.academia.edu/ChristiaanDeBeukelaer>
Miikka Pyykkönen <https://jyu.academia.edu/MiikkaPyykk%C3%B6nen>
JP Singh <http://globalaffairs.gmu.edu/people/jsingh19>

Endorsements:

'The contributions in this excellently edited and well-balanced
collection help foreground and analyze the essential issues and stakes
of the often very complex relationships between local, regional,
national, international and world culture, from a cultural-political
point of view.'
- Jan Baetens <http://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00004749>,
University of Leuven, Belgium

'This book brings together a range of papers written by experts in the
field who provide a critical appraisal of various aspects of the
Convention's operations and speculate about the prospects for its
future. The differing perspectives of the authors are sure to stimulate
debate about the Convention's strengths and weaknesses.'
- David Throsby
<http://www.businessandeconomics.mq.edu.au/contact_the_faculty/all_fbe_staff/david_throsby>, 

Macquarie University, Australia

'By focusing on the impact of the UNESCO Convention, this important
collection offers valuable insights on the challenges of translating the
contested, but widely used, concepts of culture and diversity into
public policy and action, and pathways for making those links more
effective.'
- Vijayendra Rao
<http://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/vijayendra-rao>, The World Bank

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