Author: Adams, Donald and Goldbard, Arlene

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Media Type: Journal

Summary:

The authors use the examples of the National Council on the Arts (NCA) and the California Arts Council to show the magnitude of official opposition to reforming cultural policy in the . Cultural policy, they argue, has been left entirely to vested interests, and it has been virtually ignored by the press. They use both state and national policy examples to show the extent of opposite and degree of red-baiting.

Abstract:

The authors use the examples of the National Council on the Arts (NCA) and the California Arts Council to show the magnitude of official opposition to reforming cultural policy in the . Cultural policy, they argue, has been left entirely to vested interests, and it has been virtually ignored by the press. They use both state and national policy examples to show the extent of opposite and degree of red-baiting.

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Categories: Participation, Cultural Diversity, Civic Dialogue and Social Change