The book explores diverse approaches to arts funding, critiquing arms length arts councils and offering economic, liberal-egalitarian, communitarian, capabilities, and cultural conservative perspectives, challenging assumptions and sparking critical debate in the field.

Format: Hardback
Length: 185 pages
Publication date: 27 June 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This book offers a comprehensive examination and evaluation of various perspectives on arts funding, particularly focusing on the prevalent arms-length arts councils in the Anglo-American context. It draws upon economic methodologies, the liberal-egalitarian framework proposed by John Rawls, the communitarian critique of the liberal approach, the capabilities approach to equality, and the cultural conservatism advocated by figures such as Roger Scruton. In each case, the book delves into the practical implications of public funding for the arts, exploring what should receive priority and which aspects of the cultural realm are best left to the private sector. It is important to note that this book does not serve as an "arts advocacy" piece but rather aims to challenge assumptions and stimulate critical discourse within the field.

Book Overview

This book provides a detailed account and critique of diverse approaches to the arts funding question, with a focus on the arms length arts councils that are the norm in the Anglo-American world. It builds on economic methods, the liberal-egalitarian framework of John Rawls, the communitarian opposition to the liberal framework, the capabilities approach to equality, and the cultural conservatism of Roger Scruton and others. In each case, the book considers the very practical aspect of public funding of the arts, namely, what are the implications for what ought to receive priority, and what parts of the cultural world are best left to their own, private sector, devices. It is not a work of "arts advocacy". Rather, the book challenges assumptions and sparks critical debate in the field.

Book Overview

This book offers a comprehensive examination and evaluation of various perspectives on arts funding, particularly focusing on the prevalent arms-length arts councils in the Anglo-American context. It draws upon economic methodologies, the liberal-egalitarian framework proposed by John Rawls, the communitarian critique of the liberal approach, the capabilities approach to equality, and the cultural conservatism advocated by figures such as Roger Scruton. In each case, the book delves into the practical implications of public funding for the arts, exploring what should receive priority and which aspects of the cultural realm are best left to the private sector. It is important to note that this book does not serve as an "arts advocacy" piece but rather aims to challenge assumptions and stimulate critical discourse within the field.

Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031351051
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023