Addresses issues confronting the future of the arts in America by defining the role of social science research in the formulation of public policies. The contributors present points of view from various disciplines and topics range from arts education to participation by ethnic groups

Until recently, the political context of public arts policy has hindered the development and utilization of arts research. In many ways, this book illustrates the promise of research-based policy formulation for the arts in America.

Part 1 Visions of public arts policy: America, the arts and the future, arthur Schlesinger, Jr
education and the future of the arts, Leonard Garment. Part 2 Policy research on the arts: fact and fantasy in arts and cultural information, Harold Horowitz
the policy utility of the NEA's report on the state of the arts, Margaret Jane Wyszomirski, et al
policy research in arts education, James Hutchens. Part 3 Social trends and research on public participation in the arts: democracy and the arts, Terri Lynn Cornwell
correlates of state arts support, J.Mark Davidson Schuster
participation in the arts by black and white Americans, Paul J.DiMaggio and Francie Ostrower
culture in the Bronx, Rolf Meyersohn
arts policy, cultural diversity and the new century, Anthony S.Keller
arts policy in an aging society, David B.Pankratz. Part 4 Emerging aesthetic ideologies and cultural choice: modernism and postmodernism, Judith Huggins Balfe
postmodernism goes public, Rolf Meyersohn and John P.Robinson
audience and industry origins of the crisis in classical music programming, Richard A.Peterson. Part 5 Arts policy research and the future: the future and the arts, Michael Straight, et al
government support for the arts in the United States, 1990-2015, John K.Urice
arts policy research for the 1990s and beyond, David B.Pankratz, et al.