La politique culturelle portugaise depuis la révolution démocratique

Abstract

The Portuguese cultural policy, if considered as a real political project (i.e. strategically coherent, conceptually defined and based on the correspondant administrative means) is a rather recent idea. After the brilliant ideological period of the post Revolution process, and the following one, marked by some confusion and hesitations, a real ministerial structure with its cultural programme have been created which domain is extended to all Portuguese cultural sectors. Such a project is largely inspired by the Jack Lang's model, even if it takes into account the critics expressed towards it. Its attempt is to break with a liberal policy logic without forgiving the economical dimensions of contemporary culture. In order to better understand such a situation, it is necessary to examine its historical roots and evaluate the effects of decades of political and cultural isolationnism, which has been rather recently eliminated through the process of European Integration.