The Politics of the Art in Britain [Hardcover]

The organization and management of the arts and public-sector arts organizations in Britain have undergone major changes over the last twenty years. This book analyzes the process and politics of change in the world of the arts and develops an analytical framework for understanding an under-researched area of British political life.Acknowledgements Introduction The Commodification of the Arts Managing the Arts: 1945-79 Who Runs the Arts? The Network for Arts Policy in Britain The Arts at the Centre The Regional Politics of the Arts Local Government and the Arts The European Dimension Explaining the Politics of the Arts Bibliography IndexCLIVE GRAY is Principal Lecturer in Politics at De Montfort University. He is the author of Government Beyond the Centre and has published widely on local and regional government and comparative arts policy.