J. P. Singh is professor of global affairs and cultural studies at George Mason University. His books include UNESCO: Creating Norms in a Complex World; International Cultural Policies and Power; Negotiation and the Global Information Economy; Information Technologies and Global Politics (with James N. Rosenau); and Leapfrogging Development? The Political Economy of Telecommunications Restructuring.

The book is a detailed and sophisticated analysis of cultural policies and globalization. CHOICE Thought-provoking. -- Susan Bennett Theatre Survey Singh shows how the confrontation between global politics and symbolic creative expression give rise to far-reaching cultural anxieties and politics. Birmingham Magazine Singh has thus made an important and exciting contribution capturing the nuanced debates and complexities surrounding symbolic expressions of identity and cultural politics that necessitate policies to accommodate creative expressions in a globalized society. -- Rekha Datta International Studies Review [Singh] writes ebulliently, and with imagination, deploying an eclectic blend of conceptual frameworks. -- Yudhishthir R. Isar International Journal of Cultural Policy

• List of Figures List of Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction: The Creative Voice and Cultural Identity 1. Cultural Politics and Global Anxieties 2. Value, Markets, Patronage 3. Culture Wars 4. UNESCO and the Europeans 5. Cultural Patrons in the Developing World 6. Culture by Any Other Name 7. The Creative Voice and Cultural Policy Notes Works Cited Index

J. P. Singh is professor of global affairs and cultural studies at George Mason University. His books include UNESCO: Creating Norms in a Complex World; International Cultural Policies and Power; Negotiation and the Global Information Economy; Information Technologies and Global Politics (with James N. Rosenau); and Leapfrogging Development? The Political Economy of Telecommunications Restructuring.

The book is a detailed and sophisticated analysis of cultural policies and globalization. CHOICE Thought-provoking. -- Susan Bennett Theatre Survey Singh shows how the confrontation between global politics and symbolic creative expression give rise to far-reaching cultural anxieties and politics. Birmingham Magazine Singh has thus made an important and exciting contribution capturing the nuanced debates and complexities surrounding symbolic expressions of identity and cultural politics that necessitate policies to accommodate creative expressions in a globalized society. -- Rekha Datta International Studies Review [Singh] writes ebulliently, and with imagination, deploying an eclectic blend of conceptual frameworks. -- Yudhishthir R. Isar International Journal of Cultural Policy

• List of Figures List of Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction: The Creative Voice and Cultural Identity 1. Cultural Politics and Global Anxieties 2. Value, Markets, Patronage 3. Culture Wars 4. UNESCO and the Europeans 5. Cultural Patrons in the Developing World 6. Culture by Any Other Name 7. The Creative Voice and Cultural Policy Notes Works Cited Index