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Old Pictures in New Frames: Issue Definition and Federal Arts Policy

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  • Elizabeth Strom
  • Angela Cook

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Over the past three decades, those advocating for arts funding have shifted their arguments. When the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) was created in 1965, its supporters praised arts and culture for their uplifting qualities, and for their ability to counterbalance trends toward materialism and militarism. By the 1990s, arts advocates were far more likely to use instrumentalist arguments, showing that investment in arts and culture produce other desirable benefits, most notably economic development advances. This article reviews the changing discourse of arts advocacy in several ways: (1) by reviewing and coding Congressional debates on arts funding from 1965–2000, (2) reviewing arts coverage in the New York Times and selected arts periodicals during this same time period. Comparing this case to others in the literature on policy redefinition, the paper argues that cultural advocates have consciously reframed their arguments to broaden their appeal in the face new and more threatening opposition.

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  • Elizabeth Strom & Angela Cook, 2004. "Old Pictures in New Frames: Issue Definition and Federal Arts Policy," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 21(4), pages 505-522, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:21:y:2004:i:4:p:505-522
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2004.00091.x
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    1. Menna Tudwal Jones, 2019. "Framing regeneration: Embracing the inhabitants," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 56(9), pages 1901-1917, July.

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