Introduction: the Politics of the Arts

The arts have always been political. The forms that the politics associated with the arts have taken have varied over time and have affected different aspects of them. The intention of this book is to examine one part of these politics as it has affected the policy-making, organisation and management of the arts in Britain over the last 50 years. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.