Comparing cultural policies in the United States and Japan: preliminary observations.(The Arts and Entertainment in Comparative Perspective: France, Germany, Norway, the United States, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom)

From: Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: Wyszomirski, Margaret Jane | Copyright information

In The Patron State, a comparative study of arts policy in thirteen nations, editors Milton C. Cummings Jr. and Richard Katz concluded, "Every major industrial nation . . . has a significant cultural or arts policy which involves the expenditure of significant sums of money and is able to have a real impact on cultural development and distribution."(1) Nonetheless, the thirteen nations studied exhibit significant variations in the institutional structures and policy instruments th...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Dr. John P. Loiello. (Gowran International Ltd. CEO appointed to the United States Information Agency) (Brief Article)
Broadcasting & Cable ; Dr. John P. Loiello, president and CEO, Gowran International Ltd., joins the United States Information Agency, Washington, as associate director, educational and cultural affairs.
Veronica Lopez has been appointed Counselor of Cultural Affairs at the Embassy of Chile in Washington, D.C. (1997).(Brief Article)
Nieman Reports ; ... my job for over 30 years, founding and launching magazines, mostly feature magazines, except Seman, in Colombia, which was a news magazine. The main issues in the last magazine I had worked with were focused on emphasizing the importance of cultural and social ...
"INTO THE OPEN: POSITIONING PRACTICE" EXHIBITION BY PARC FOUNDATION AND SLOUGHT FOUNDATION TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES AT 2008 VENICE
Regulatory Intelligence Data ; INDSTRY GROUP 91 Regulatory Intelligence Data 06-02-2008 The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is pleased to announce the selection of the exhibition Into the Open: Positioning Practice to represent the United States at the 2008 Venice Architecture
PATRICIA HARRISON ASST. SEC. OF STATE FOR EDU. & CULTURAL AFFAIRS PATRICIA HARRISON HOLDS A STATE DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING ON THE IRAQI FULBRIGHT PROGRAM
Washington Transcript Service ; Washington Transcript Service 01-23-2004 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS PATRICIA HARRISON AND DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS THOMAS FARRELL HOLD STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING ON THE IRAQI FULBRIGHT PROGRAM JANUARY 23, 2004 SPEAKERS: PATRICIA
M-DCC cultural affairs names artistic director
Miami Times ; Miami Times 06-24-2003 A professional performer and arts educator with more than 15 years experience in cultural programming, fundraising and community relations has been appointed artistic director of cultural affairs for Miami-Dade Community College. Gregory L. Jackson, who was selected for the