Understanding Cultural Policy by Rosenstein, Carole;

Short description:

This textbook provides an introduction to cultural policy in the US, enabling both students and practitioners to understand how government impacts the arts and culture.

Long description:

This textbook provides an introduction to cultural policy in the US, enabling both students and practitioners to understand how government impacts the arts and culture.

Starting with an historical overview of why and how the US developed a national cultural policy, the book goes on to trace the contemporary system of national, state, and local arts and cultural agencies through which that policy is put into practice. Readers are provided both in-depth frameworks for conceptualizing how government regulation and provision shape the arts and culture and carefully illustrated examples of cultural policy in action. Covering critical issues in US cultural policy such as the Culture Wars, culture-led development and gentrification, and field-wide data and research capacities, the book builds a bridge between theory, practice, and politics in the arts and culture. This new edition includes enhanced visualizations and policy maps, expanded policy labs, and a new section on cultural policy during COVID-19.

The result is a text that is essential reading for students and reflective practitioners of arts and cultural management and administration.

Table of Contents:

1. A (Very) Brief History of the Development of National Cultural Policy in the United States 2. What is Cultural Policy? 3. The Cultural Bureaucracy 4. Forms of Regulation in Cultural Policy 5. Forms of Provision in Cultural Policy 6. Data and Research in Cultural Policymaking 7. Comparing Cultural Policies Around the World 8. Contemporary Issues in Cultural Policy