Faced with intense competition for audiences and financial support; as well as adverse political fallout from the ldquo;culture warsrdquo; of the early 1990s; arts advocates have increasingly sought to make a case for the arts in terms of their instrumental benefits to individuals and communities. In this report documenting the most comprehensive study of its kind; the authors evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these instrumental arguments and make the case that a new approach to understanding the benefits of the arts is needed. Critical of what they view as an overemphasis on instrumental benefits; the authors call for a greater recognition of the intrinsic benefits of the arts experience; provide a more comprehensive framework for assessing the private and public value of both intrinsic and instrumental benefits; and link the realization of those benefits to the nature of arts involvement. In particular; they underscore the importance of sustained involvement in the arts to the achievement of both instrumental and intrinsic benefits. This study has important policy implications for access to the arts; childhood exposure to the arts; arts advocacy; and future research on the arts.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I have the same thing to say about the Urizen ...By Joseph ConnollyI have the same thing to say about the Urizen and the Marriage of Heaven and Hell facsimile. They are both worth the money. However the size of Blakes words are too small for reading. The addition of the work printed in the back is necessary.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Lindsay LowderGood quality.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Glued bindingBy BardolphI was disappointed to find that this book is not "A Dover Book designed for years of use;" like my old Dover copy of Songs of Innocence; which has a sewn binding and opens flat. This Book of Urizen will not open flat without breaking. The reproductions are very good; though.I would like to see an edition of Blake with the text in the plates sharpened up so that we can actually read it. I wonder if anyone will ever dare to undertake that task.