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001 2010030603
003 DLC
005 20100723170327.0
008 100719s2011 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010030603
020 $a9780521112741
020 $a9780521130172 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aNX720$b.Z85 2011
082 00 $a700.1/03$222
100 1 $aZuidervaart, Lambert.
245 10 $aArt in public :$bpolitics, economics, and a democratic culture /$cLambert Zuidervaart.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
263 $a1011
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"This book presents a vigorous case for the arts, arguing for their crucial political, cultural, and economic contributions to civil society"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"This book examines fundamental questions about funding for the arts: Why should governments provide funding for the arts? What do the arts contribute to daily life? Do artists and their publics have a social responsibility? Challenging questionable assumptions about the state, the arts, and a democratic society, Lambert Zuidervaart presents a vigorous case for government funding, based on crucial contributions the arts make to civil society. He argues that the arts contribute to democratic communication and a social economy, fostering the critical and creative dialogue that a democratic society needs. Informed by the author's experience leading a nonprofit arts organization as well as his expertise in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, this book proposes an entirely new conception of the public role of art with wide-ranging implications for education, politics, and cultural policy"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Part I. Double Deficit: 1. Culture wars; 2. What good is art?; 3. Just art?; Part II. Civil Society: 4. Public sphere; 5. Civic sector; 6. Countervailing forces; Part III. Modernism Remixed: 7. Relational autonomy; 8. Authenticity and responsibility; 9/ Democratic culture; 10. Transforming cultural policy.
650 0 $aGovernment aid to the arts.
650 0 $aDemocracy and the arts.
650 0 $aArts and society.