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The market test: France’s defence of the cultural exception turns on the importance of a healthy film industry to maintain cultural diversity. This chapter analyses both the impact of French quotas and subsidies on cultural diversity to identify areas of policy success and failure within both digital and traditional channels.
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Walkley, S. (2018). The Market Test: Assessing Cultural Policy and Cultural Diversity in France. In: Cultural Diversity in the French Film Industry. New Directions in Cultural Policy Research. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96923-7_7
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