EVALUATION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURE TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

This paper is designed to evaluate the national council for arts and culture in a bid to examine how the ministry has been able to foster national unity and development in Jordan. Issues of culture and arts presently lies in the control of the national ministry of culture. This paper will evaluate the ministry by examining its origin, past policies and present policies. The terms arts and culture will be defined in details with references and be related as collocates. The history of the Jordanian state will also be discussed in this paper so as to link history and modernity. Selected pictures will be us to buttress some assertions so as to effectively evaluate the Jordanian ministry of culture.