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This chapter deals with the interaction of the humanities with the political system. How do humanities representatives argue the case for the humanities, and what do political systems expect of the humanities? We shall examine various policy documents, such as national reports and international research programmes designed by non-academic bodies. The aim is to identify how humanities’ interests are being voiced and promoted and what the regional characteristics of the public role of the humanities are. We concentrate on US and EU cases specifically but will make some observations on other regions for contrast. The information for US, EU, China and India is drawn from our own desk research, while information for other regions is based on country reports for the EU METRIS project.
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Holm, P., Jarrick, A., Scott, D. (2015). Humanities and Public Policy. In: Humanities World Report 2015. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137500281_8
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