Comparing Cultural Policy: A Study of Japan and the United States - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761989382 ISBN 13: 9780761989387

Publisher: AltaMira Press, 1999

Synopsis

There is among many nations a growing awareness that the arts and culture have an important role to play in forming the image that nations hold of themselves and that they convey in the international arena. At the same time, increased pressure on the public purse, new trade environments, and the revolution in communications technology are forcing the reexamination of cultural policy objectives and strategies for achieving those objectives in countries throughout the world. This book, based on the research and expertise of practitioners and scholars in the field of cultural policy, provides a broadly based cross-cultural analysis of policy in two countries with very different cultural traditions. The authors move beyond cultural boundaries to define art and culture, explore the role of cultural policies in a nations cultural development, and evaluate policy effectiveness and relevance. Case studies of organizations in art, music, dance, and drama, in both the United States and Japan, examine the elements that contribute to effective arts management and policy-making. Arts managers, cultural policy-makers, researchers, practitioners, and educators will find this an excellent resource that provides valuable teaching materials in the field of cultural policy and facilitates cross-cultural learning about arts management.

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About the Author

Joyce Zemans: Schuich School of Business Archie Kleingartner: UCLA Margaret J. Wyszomirski: Ohio State University Michihiro Watanabe: Showa University of Music

Edition details

• Publisher: AltaMira Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761989382
• ISBN 13: 9780761989387
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Zemans Joyce