Abstract
The year 2000 saw the turn of the millennium and the founding of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), which is today a global network of national arts funding agencies in 78 countries. The establishment of IFACCA can be considered the culmination of a ‘movement’ that sought recognition for culture and the arts as central to human life and society. This movement has grown internationally since 1948 and the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that includes the right to participate in the cultural life of the community and to enjoy the arts. In this chapter, terms including ‘arts council’ and ‘arm’s length’ are introduced, as is the research project of the book: to trace the transatlantic transfer of the policy model from the United Kingdom to Canada to the United States in the middle of the twentieth century.
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Upchurch, A.R. (2016). Introduction: What Is the ‘Arts Council Movement’?. In: The Origins of the Arts Council Movement. New Directions in Cultural Policy Research. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46163-6_1
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