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State Arts Agencies, 1965-2003
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95Numerous US state and jurisdictional governments cut their arts budgets in 2003 and 2004. This title argues that the recent cuts in state arts agencies' budgets are a product of the agencies' political weakness rather than just a one-time response to fiscal crisis, and proposes a solution plus salient issues that must be addressed. more...
The Arts and State Governments
RAND Corporation 2006; US$ 9.95State government spending on the arts is minimal?and may be losing ground relative to other state expenditures. The authors examine efforts made by state arts agencies to address a changing political and fiscal environment and present their findings on the risks and rewards of bringing the arts and politics closer together. This volume is the second... more...
State Arts Policy
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Projects what the future likely holds for state arts agencies and for state arts policy if current trends and current strategies for addressing economic, political, and demographic challenges continue. more...
Cultivating Demand for the Arts
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Examines what it means to cultivate demand for the arts, why it is important to do so, how it can be done though broad-based arts learning, and what state arts agencies and other policymakers in both the arts and education can do to make it happen. more...
The Performing Arts in a New Era
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This work examines the state of the performing arts in America. The authors idendify key trends affecting audiences, artists and performing groups and their financial health, and explore effects of innovations such as the Internet on the performing arts. more...
Reforming MIL-Specs: the Navy Experience with Military Specifications and Standards Reform (2001)
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95This study helps to determine why Navy military specifications and standards reform (MSSR) was not completed within budget or in accordance with a self-imposed schedule. The report defines the status of navy reforms, and looks for reasons why the Navy missed its self-imposed reform completion date. more...
Going Global? U.S. Government Policy and the Defense Aerospace Industry
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95Since the end of the Cold War, a dramatic decline in overall defense authorizations has led both the U.S. aerospace industry and that of Europe to undergo extensive consolidation -- a trend that has led in turn to a significant growth in cross-border business relationships. Yet while globalization has the potential to increase competition, foster innovation,... more...
Military Expenditures and Economic Growth
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This title explores the historical relationship between economic growth and military expenditure. It examines how the great powers' military expenditures responded to economic growth during the period 1870-1940, and proposes plausible explanations for the relationship in each country. more...
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