Kulturell kvalitet : En undersökning av regeringens och statliga myndigheters användning av kvalitetsbegreppet inom kulturpolitiken

This study is meant to examine and analyze the government’s and government agencies’ use of the concept of quality. To do this the definition of the term quality has been divided into two different terms, quality of cultural policy quality and artistic quality, to better understand the term. The material used in this study consists of the government proposition Tid för kultur 2009/10:3, SOU 2009:16, and the annual reports of Statens kulturråd and Konstnärsnämnden 2019. The annual reports have been studied to find out how Statens kulturråd and Konstnärsnämndens use the term quality, and how quality guides them in their funding of different artforms. In conclusion the importance and the use of the term quality is discussed.