Gray, Clive. (2008) Instrumental policies : causes, consequences, museums and galleries. Cultural Trends, Vol.17 (No.4). pp. 209-222. ISSN 0954-8963

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Abstract

Instrumentalization has been seen to have taken place in the museums and galleries sector in Britain, and across the cultural sector as a whole. This article locates this instrumentalization in the context of changes in both the public management of goods and services within the British political system and the dominant ideologies that are used by political parties. The specific characteristics of the cultural policy sector are shown to have mediated these changes and, consequently, how instrumentalization has been introduced, and managed, within it. The ability of endogenous actors to manage the instrumentalization process demonstrates that it is neither inevitable nor unmanageable.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	A General Works > AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General) C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CB History of civilization
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Great Britain -- Cultural policy, Instrumentalism (Philosophy), Museums -- Government policy -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title:	Cultural Trends
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	0954-8963
Date:	2008
Volume:	Vol.17
Number:	No.4
Page Range:	pp. 209-222
Identification Number:	10.1080/09548960802615349
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
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