Year: 2020
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: What do Coloradans think the role of government should be in funding the arts?Public support for the arts, and disagreements surrounding it, have received less attention in recent years.However, this remains an issue that touches on larger questions regarding the role and size of government.The purpose of this paper is to understand the amount of support Coloradans feel towards arts funding at the local, state, and national levels, and what is behind those opinions.Using an original, representative survey of 800 Coloradans, I look at how public opinion towards arts funding relates to several factors, including partisanship, ideology, trust in government, religion, and demographics.I find that overall, Coloradans are supportive of public arts funding.Rather in line with expectations, ideology, partisanship, and trust in government are significant predictors of support for public arts funding, though the size of their effects varies depending on the level of government.My analysis allows us to better understand an understudied topic in public opinion in an important time of polarization and identity politics
Author: Soulis, Eleni
Institution: University of Colorado Boulder
Language: English
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7025446233