In a sense, therefore, meaning and truth are given to us by cultural institutions through power.

Cultural policies have the power to name and define things and possess tremendous discursive power. Though there may be different ways of descriptions and definitions of objects and practices, only those definitions, labels and names stick which have official sanction by agencies of cultural policies.

Therefore Barker also says that cultural policy has to work

•  As an arm of government

•  A part of social regulation

•  Identify the different aspects of cultural and their managerial operations

In cultural policy we should also assess the forms of politics inherent in domains of cultural practice. We should recognize the centrality of policy and modes of strategic interventions in culture and cultural forms particularly in production, distribution and consumption.