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Putting Culture Back in its Place : The Populist Cultural Policy of the Finns Party (2019)

Cazes, M., & Pyykkönen, M. (2019). Putting Culture Back in its Place : The Populist Cultural Policy of the Finns Party. In M. Dragićević Šešić, & M. Nikolić (Eds.), Situating Populist Politics : Arts & Media Nexus (pp. 185-210). University of Belgrade. Series Culture, Arts, Media, 31.

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Cazes, Marie; Pyykkönen, Miika

Parent publication: Situating Populist Politics : Arts & Media Nexus

Parent publication editors: Dragićević Šešić, Milena; Nikolić, Mirjana

ISBN: 978-86-82101-73-4

Journal or series: Series Culture, Arts, Media

Publication year: 2019

Number in series: 31

Pages range: 185-210

Number of pages in the book: 297

Publisher: University of Belgrade

Place of Publication: Belgrad

Publication country: Serbia

Publication language: English

Publication open access: Not open

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Abstract

Since its breakthrough in Finnish parliamentary elections, the national populist Finns Party started to play an important role in Finnish politics. This role was confirmed after the parliamentary elections of 2015 when the party took part in the governmental coalition and received, among others, the portfolio of the Minister of Culture. The new role of the Finns Party allows it to take part in policy making. This article focuses on the cultural policy of the Finns Party since 1995, with an emphasis on the late 2000s to the present. This study examines the cultural policy of the Finns Party manifested in its programmes on culture, language and migration through rhetorical analysis. It also considers its actual participation in governing bodies, especially the Education and Culture Committee of the Parliament and the Finnish Public Broadcasting Company YLE. The main questions of this article are: what does culture mean for the Finns Party? What kind of culture is good and acceptable according to it? What kinds of cultural policies does it try to promote?

Keywords: populism; cultural policy; culture; nationalism; political parties

Free keywords: populism; cultural policy; culture; nationalism; Finland; Finns Party

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2019

JUFO rating: 0