Cultural Policies During the Progressive Cycle in Uruguay (2005-2020). Advances and Contradictions in a Time of Change

Abstract

During the progressive cycle (2005-2020), Uruguay for the first time in its history, was governed by a center-left political party. The article examines the cultural policies developed during this political cycle. Applies a critical notion of cultural policy that seeks to transcend its use limited to the artistic field management, without excluding it from the analysis. Regarding sectoral policies, examines the emergence of a new paradigm, cultural citizenship, parallel to the continuity of the support for artistic disciplines of scholarly culture. Regarding substratum policies, the cultural implications of the policy towards difference are addressed in what was called the new agenda of rights and the valorization of capitalism as an engine of national development.