Trial, trust and tribulation : the distribution of roles and changing nature of relations between governments and arts councils, associations and foundations : Report of the european round table held in Budapest 21-22 March 1994 / round table organised by CIRCLE in co-operation with the Brouhaha Hungary Foundation ; report edited by Anthony Everitt

Amb el suport del Consell d'Europa, UNESCO, Soros Foundation i la Ciutat de Budapest

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 2. Challenges to Civil Society -- 3. The Role of Foundations in the United States -- 4. Some General Trends: The rise and fall of culture ; The crisis in state spending ; Decentralisation ; The private sector -- 5. The Role of Foundations in Central and Eastern Europe: The Czech Republic ; Estonia ; Hungary ; Poland ; Russia -- 6. The Changing Role of Intermediary Bodies in Western Europe: Austria ; Belgium ; Canada ; Finland ; France ; Ireland ; Italy ; The Netherlands ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; United Kingdom -- 7. Foundations and Intermediary Cultural Bodies and their Future -- Appendix A. Civil Society and its Future ; Keynote address by professor Salvador Giner ; Appendix B. American Foundations- A Model for Europe? ; Background paper by J. Mark Schuster, associate professor ; Appendix C. Programme of the Round Table ; Appendix D. List of Participants ; Appendix E. Introduction to the work of the CIRCLE network