Arts Administration, Arts Management, and Cultural Policy

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Jennifer Novak-Leonard serves as President of the Board of Directors of Social Theory, Politics and the Arts (STP&A). Her influential work has advanced conceptual and analytical frameworks for understanding the diverse ways individuals participate in the arts and creative expression, and the value those experiences create for individuals and communities. Her interdisciplinary work links culture and creativity, social impact, and public policy.

Rachel Skaggs is a sociologist who conducts research about artistic careers and arts ecosystems. Rachel holds the Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Professorship in Arts Management as associate professor at The Ohio State University, where she teaches about arts entrepreneurship, the social world of the arts, and empirical research methods.

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Arts Administration, Arts Management, and Cultural Policy: Structure and Maturity of the U.S. Field examines the intentional and incidental interweaving of histories, theories, and practices that comprise the U.S. field of arts administration, arts management, and cultural policy.

In a national context where there is no central cultural ministry and where the market is meant to facilitate and generate the cultural sector, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have worked to make sense of the arts sector, how to manage it, and to understand its impact on society. This book takes stock of the maturity of arts management and cultural policy research as "a field" at the significant milestone of the fiftieth research convening of Social Theory, Politics & the Arts (STP&A), the longest-running and most prominent convening among the international research networks and communities in this field.

Readers of this book will gain a reflexive understanding of the evolution and maturing of the interdisciplinary social scientific research field focused on arts, artists, and the systems within which they exist and operate in relation to shaping and evaluating public policy and systemic decision-making, with a focus on the United States.

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Introduction: Understand the Field's Maturity: Why this Understanding is Needed, and Why Now is the Time Section 1: Looking Back Chapter 1 - The Origins of Brigadoon: A History of the Social Theory, Politics & the Arts Conference Chapter 2 - Sustaining Brigadoon: The Evolution of Social Theory, Politics & the Arts Chapter 3 - Foundations of a Field: STP&A, JAMLS, and the Making of Arts Administration Scholarship Chapter 4 - Chutes, Ladders, and the Ivory Tower: Locating Arts Management in the Academy Section 2: Interdisciplinarity & Heterogeneity in Disciplinary Perspectives Chapter 5 - Sociology and the Arts Chapter 6 - Where Do We Go from Here? Bridging the Gap Between Cultural Policy and Public Policy Studies Chapter 7 - Reclaiming the Legal in Arts and Cultural Management: Integrating Law into the Field's Foundations Chapter 8 - Interdisciplinary Foundations of Arts Administration: Loci of Power in the Sub-Disciplines of the Field Section 3: Structures, Policies, and Practices Chapter 9 - Mapping Policy Foundations in Arts and Culture Chapter 10 - Managing Arts Latino Style: Puerto Rican Perspectives on Arts and Cultural Policy Chapter 11 - Historic Preservation Fund as Policy Instrument Shaping U.S. Preservation Governance Chapter 12 - Interpreting Culture Through Bureaucracy: A Public Administration Approach to Arts, Humanities, and Historic Preservation Section 4: Practice and Public Value Chapter 13 - Creative Placemaking and Implications for Field Building Chapter 14 - Mapping State Cultural Policy: A Case Study of Ohio Chapter 15 - How 2 + 2 = 5: Embracing a cultural policy of abundance to promote equitable flourishing Chapter 16 - Arts Administration as Community Practice: Redefining Academic-Community Partnerships Through Care, Culture, and Justice Section 5: Looking Forward Chapter 17 - Futures and Potentials across the Field Conclusion and Proposed Research Agenda