Role of Today''s Museum

Informationen zum Autor Clive Gray is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick. He has previously published three books. He has published widely in public policy and administration, the politics of the arts and cultural policy, and on politics, management and policy-making in museums. Vikki McCall is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling with work focusing on bridging the gap between policy and practice. Dr McCall is Board Director for the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations and Parkhead Housing Association, alongside being a member of the Social Policy Association Executive Committee and Editorial Board member of Social Policy & Society . Zusammenfassung The Role of Today’s Museum provides a thorough investigation of what museums do and why. Arguing that museums are multi-functional institutions, the book examines the consequences of this for the services that museums provide, the publics to whom they are provided and the providers themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: What do Museums do? What are Museums for?; Chapter 3: The Multifunctional Museum; Chapter 4: Museums, Policy, Practice and the ‘Struggle over Space’; Chapter 5: Museums and Societies; Chapter 6: Museums and Economies; Chapter 7: Museums and Politics; Chapter 8: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Clive Gray, Clive (University of Warwick Gray, Clive Mccall Gray, Gray Clive, Vikki McCall
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780367265045
• ISBN: 978-0-367-26504-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Sociology, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, ART / Museum Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Politics & government, Politics and government, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies