The Arts, Politics and Change Participative Cultural Policy-making in South East Europe Editors: Hanneloes Weeda , Corina Şuteu and Cas Smithuijsen The reform of cultural policies in South East Europe is recorded in a new book, The Arts, Politics and Change, in which practitioners and experts on cultural policy describe the results achieved to date. The first (theoretical) part of The Arts, Politics and Change, entitled Cultural policy in South East Europe, includes essays on the following topics: 1) centralism or decentralisation, 2) transforming regulatory frameworks, 3) rethinking state funding, and 4) the role of the media. The second part of the book, The power of local action, consists of case studies on: 1) cultural policy practices in South East European cities, 2) influencing legislation in South East Europe, and 3) cultural funding in South East Europe. The programme's exciting experiments may also serve as an inspiration for the wider community of European and non-European countries and for all institutions and individual researchers involved in examining the role of cultural policy frameworks in politically and socially unstable societies. For more information, and to order the publication, CLICK HERE.