Las políticas culturales en la Espana actual: acerca de algunos de los retos y dilemas politico-culturales del Estado Autonómico

Abstract

This article describes an outlook of the roots and genesis of cultural policies in Spain, commencing with the fact that said policies have kept an ongoing relationship with the orientations given by the French and European cultural policies. We also highlight the notably Spanish character of the Autonomous State alternatives which has clearly fostered recognition of local cultures in the historical nationalities hitherto neglected under the Franco dictatorship. Finally, we note how current autonomous government cultural policies are resolved by various dilemmas stemming from the difficulties involved in giving them a concrete form and an internal functional territorial equilibrium as well as negotiation strategies maintained to improve their introduction into the state political-cultural framework.