Access to culture in Croatian cultural policy: moving towards explicit policies

Exploring implicit and explicit cultural policy dimensions through major-event and neoliberal rhetoric

“…Here we aggregated a series of policy documents, divided into explicit and implicit policy documents. Seven identified documents: 'Guidelines for a City's ECoC evaluation' (European Commission, 2018), 'A New European Agenda for Culture' (European Commission, 2018), 'Cultural Policy in Croatia-the National Report' and 'Croatia in the 21st century: Strategy of cultural development' (Primorac et al, 2017), 'Strategy of the Cultural Development of the City of Rijeka, 2013-2020' (City of Rijeka, 2013), 'Rijeka2020 bid document' (Ri, 2020(Ri, , 2016, and 'Kultura u Doba Korone' ['Culture in the age of Coronavirus'] (Ri, 2020), are considered because they present and detail explicit policy. The ECoC 2016 Selection Panel Report is analysed as an implicit policy document alongside the primary dataset.…”

“…Three decades of Croatian independence saw significant development and transformation in national cultural policy. Earlier cultural production was centralised in Zagreb, with Croatian cultural policy focusing predominantly on supply rather than demand (Primorac et al, 2017). In 2020, with the Council's Presidency, national cultural policies were revised and aligned with EU priorities.…”

“…This paper addresses Pratt's (2020) above mentioned concern by focusing on Rijeka's 2020 ECoC (hereafter: Rijeka2020) and in times of COVID-19host programme. We argued that culture is a vital resource for many European countries (Xuereb, 2016; Rubio Arostegui & Rius-Ulldemolins, 2018); however, tensions exist when we consider cultural policies from different scalar perspectives (see Borén, Grzyś, & Young, 2020;Primorac, Obuljen Koržinek, & Uzelac, 2017). Locally, the ECoC bidding city should adjust their cultural policy to accommodate common perceptions of a winning bid.…”

Barriers and Facilitators to Cultural Participation by People with Disabilities: A Narrative Literature Review

“…Another report suggests that the cost involved and difficulties with travel are obstacles when it comes to attending arts events, museums, or libraries and that people with disabilities are more likely than others to consider that the types of activities available are not of interest or relevant (BritainThinks 2018; see also Swedish Authority for Participation 2016). Lack of accessible information about cultural venues, goods, and services is also identified as a barrier in Croatia (Primorac, Obuljen Koržinek & Uzelac 2017).…”

Mismatch of Policy Theory and Policy Practice in Eastern Europe: Cross-Sectoral Comparison of Croatian Policymaking

“…The sample contains the following studies: 1) foreign policy(Jović 2011;Turek 2001); 2) migration(Gregurović and Mlinarić 2012;Tatalović and Jakešević 2016); 3) employment(Bejaković 2015;Matković 2008); 4) fi scal policy(Benazić 2006;Šimović et al 2014); 5) regional policy (Liha Matejiček 2015;Maleković et al 2011); 6) agriculture(Franić and Ljubaj 2015;Jurišić 2014); 7) transport(Božičević et al 2008;Vedriš 2015); 8) environment(Tišma and Funduk 2015;Nekić and Krajnović 2015); 9) education(Žiljak and Molnar 2015); 10) health(Zrinščak 2007); and 11) culture(Katunarić 2010;Primorac et al 2015).…”