The study of cultural policy has never been more crucial. From debates over cultural imperialism, intellectual property rights, and creative labour, through to more traditional concerns about funding for the arts, cultural policy forms the backdrop to a surprisingly wide range of public and academic discourses. Indeed, in recent decades, cultural policy has emerged as a vibrant domain for study and investigation. Specialists in cultural policy draw on many scholarly literatures and traditions, such as media and communication studies, history, sociology, politics, arts management, geography, and cultural studies. Now, this new four-volume collection from Routledge brings together the key texts that form the background, context, and basis for a sophisticated understanding of the topic.