The Administrative Construction of Cultural Reality in Spain

• Published in: Revista internacional de sociología no. 27; pp. 105 - 124
• Main Authors: Fernandez Sobrado, Jose M, Antolin Iria, Jose E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 01-09-2000
• Subjects: Cultural Arts Policy; Cultural Capital; Public Administration; Rationality; Social Reality; Spain
• ISSN: 0034-9712

The authors analyze the role that public administration plays in the construction -- definition, shaping, & changing -- of social reality. They contend that there are three different logics underlying its performance: bureaucratic, political, & market rationality. The main purpose is to study the grasp, effects, & failings of those different rationalities within a certain boundary: public policies on cultural resources. As the construction of large cultural resources is in vogue in many Spanish & other European cities, it becomes a main object in the study of the role of public administration in planning & constructing social reality. 29 References. Adapted from the source document.