New Public Management in cultural fields? Professionalization, commodification and “expertization” in French contemporary poetry

New Public Management (NPM) has been the subject of academic study in many sectors, but much less so in the cultural sector. This article focuses on poetry, the actions of public authorities in a largely publicly funded sector, and the consequences of these actions on the status and social life of poets. Using a qualitative methodology based on interviews, this article shows that NPM has influenced cultural policy in poetry by creating a quasi-market of literary activities and sources of income for poets (readings, performances, workshops, scholarships and grants, and residencies) where demand from public authorities (state, local authorities, multiple autonomous actors financed by public funds) for “artistic services” provides work opportunities to poets in the form of short, non-renewabl

This Coalition transmission preserves metadata, trust context, and source routing for a Research Wire item from OpenAlex. The complete article remains with the original publisher.

Content handling is marked as Metadata Only. Use the source article link for the full report, updates, corrections, and publisher-controlled context.