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The globe is changing to one in which the production of ideas and content will drive a new economy. To grasp the consequences of this world we need a clear understanding of culture. Rifts in public and private institutions in the last few years revealed the need for a solid base of thought and research about public policy and the nation’s cultural life--not only federal or state support for a poet, art gallery or an orchestra, but enduring issues regarding culture’s role in a civil society.
The Center for Arts
and Culture was founded by a consortium of foundations seeking new policy directions in
America’s cultural life. Like artists, scholars and policy makers from across
the political spectrum, these foundations recognized the need to move beyond debates
over funding for the arts and the humanities toward new issues facing a global cultural
sector. They recognized
that organized communities of practitioners and thinkers inform such important public
policy arenas as the environment, science, and national defense, and that there was no
similar force in the area of art and culture.
Bringing together important recent thinking in the emerging field of cultural policy, the
Center released its first publication, The Politics of Culture: Policy Perspectives for Individuals, Institutions
and Communities, in the Spring of 2000. The collected essays
provide fresh research, thought-provoking commentary, and a compelling outline for
the future of American cultural policy.
In The Washington Post on February 29th, 2000, Richard Morin and Claudia Deane noted that The Politics of Culture "will get Washington to think as seriously about the nation's cultural life as it does about Bosnia or tax policy."
Click here to read more about the book.
Click below to read excerpts from the book in Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf):
- Table of Contents
- Preface (.pdf)
by James Allen Smith - Introduction (.pdf)
by Glenn Wallach - Part I: Defining Culture and Cultural Policy (.pdf)
by Gigi Bradford - Part II: Supporting Culture (.pdf)
by Michael Gary - Part III: Culture and Policy from the Local
to the Global (.pdf)
by Glenn Wallach - For Further Reading (.pdf)
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"If culture is to assume a larger
role on the world stage, conversations about its significance should embrace a wider scope
and be based on more accurate information and assessment. The Center for Arts and
Culture brings together artists and scholars, philanthropists, legislators, and community
builders to bridge the gap between culture and policy."
-Gigi Bradford, Section I Introduction
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