The Patron State: Government and the Arts in Europe, North America, and Japan

Collecting essays about the experiences of thirteen countries, including the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Japan, The Patron State presents a global overview of recent government policies in relation to the arts. Each country is analyzed in terms of the forms and levels of government support of the arts; the organizational structure of arts support programs; policy choices; patterns of financial distribution; the impact of government programs on the arts; and the impact of budget cuts that have occurred in virtually every country since the mid-1970s.