Funding the Arts - Politics, Economics and Their Interplay in Public Policy

Who funds creative and cultural projects, and why? This concise text analyses how the arts have been funded in a variety of political environments, helping readers understand how politics and economics intersect to support cultural life.

List of contents

What to expect from this book Part 1 Funding fundamentals 1 The lost half-century: what happened to cultural democracy? 2 Funding: what it means in the context of this book 3 Public expenditures, private interests and the politics connecting them 4 On cultural economics: time, money and the value of the arts Part 2 A framework for funding 5 The art of the possible 6 New economies 7 Old stable economies 8 Declining economies 9 Command economies Part 3 Funding failures 10 Grants for individual artists: on false hope and the false promise of "open access" funding programmes 11 The grant-exchange continuum: rent-seeking, proxy purchase and the payment of reparations 12 The grant-exchange continuum: rent-seeking, proxy purchase and he payment of reparations Part 4 Funding futures 13 The direction of public policy Collected chapter abstracts

About the author

Andrew Pinnock, a former arts funder, is currently a professor in the Music Department, University of Southampton, UK.

Summary

Who funds creative and cultural projects, and why? This concise text analyses how the arts have been funded in a variety of political environments, helping readers understand how politics and economics intersect to support cultural life.

Product details

• Authors: Pinnock, Andrew Pinnock, Pinnock Andrew
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780367076634
• ISBN: 978-0-367-07663-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Discovering the Creative Industries
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Service, Public Administration, Economics of industrial organisation, Sporting events and management, Sporting events & management, Hospitality and service industries, Sport & leisure industries, Economics of industrial organization, Public administration / Public policy