We provide an analysis of the effectiveness of the cultural policy in Brazil under the Rouanet law for the period 1993-2016. We find that donations and sponsorships under this law have exacerbated existing disparities, benefitted mostly already profitable cultural organizations, and have given a...

Chapter 1: A Pragmatic approach to the arts -- Chapter 2: What values are, and how we learn to appreciate them -- Chapter 3: How Artists Imagine New Worlds -- Chapter 4: How the Audience, as Participant, Makes Worlds Real -- Chapter 5: Making Space for Cultural Civil Society.