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GOODBYE TO THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS ?
few as they tell very many that the terms of debate are , in fact , about a clash of values . Defunding our cultural agencies has diminished — and will continue to diminish — the nation ’ s entryways to everyday democratic practice in ways both symbolic and material .
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Koostra , Barbara ( ed .). ( 2000 ) The National Endowment for the Arts , 1965 – 2000 : A Brief Chronology of Federal Support for the Arts . Washington , DC : Office of Communications , National Endowment for the Arts .
Lewis , Gregory B ., and Arthur C . Brooks . ( 2005 ). A Question of Morality : Artists ’ Values and Public Funding for the Arts . Public Administration Review 65 ( 1 ): 8 – 17 .
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