Edwin van Meerkerk publishes and teaches on the subject of arts education and cultural policy as well as utopian and dystopian fiction. He is a senior fellow of the COmenius Programme for educational innovation. Quirijn Lennert van den Hoogen is university lecturer of arts sociology and arts policy at the University of Groningen.

• Introduction - Edwin van Meerkerk and Quirijn van den Hoogen Part I. Analyses of Cultural Policy 1. Enabling Legislation in Cultural Policy - Inge van der Vlies 2. The Cultural Policy Act in International Perspective - Toine Minnaert 3. Cultural Policy and Cultural Entrepreneurship: Conflicting Responsibilities in Cultural Policy Making - Johan Kolsteeg and Dos Elshout 4. What Policy Wants: Values in Cultural Policy Making - Quirijn Lennert van den Hoogen 5. How Cultural Policy Creates a Common in European Context - Thijs Lijster and Pascal Gielen Part II. Enduring Issues in Cultural Policy 6. Conserving Culture: Heritage Policy in the Netherlands - Katja Lubina 7. Bring the Arts to You: Media Policy as Cultural Policy - Erik Hitters 8. Arts Education: Enlarging the (Future) Audience - Edwin van Meerkerk and Teunis IJdens 9. Culture for Everyone: Value and Impact of Cultural Participation - Joop de Jong and Emilie Sitzia 10. The Economic Impact of Cultural Policy- Berend-Jan Langenberg 11. The Peoples Palace: Public Libraries in Post-Fordist Society - Frank Huysmans and Marjolein Oomen Conclusion - Erik Schrijvers Appendix: Structure and data on Cultural Policy in the Netherlands Index