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Which museums to fund? Examining local government decision-making in austerity
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Rex, Bethany (2020) Which museums to fund? Examining local government decision-making in austerity. Local Government Studies, 46 (2). 186-205 . doi:10.1080/03003930.2019.1619554 ISSN 0300-3930.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2019.1619554
Abstract
The paper develops a conceptual framework to analyse empirical data relating to the bases, both ‘evidence’ and assumptions, on which decisions about museum provision were made by two local authorities where budget cuts prompted the restructuring of museum services. Its specific focus is on why some museums retain funding and status as part of direct public provision while others are identified to be transferred to community groups via the asset transfer process. The paper demonstrates why certain types of museum are more vulnerable to funding cuts and being transferred to community-management. Whilst acknowledging the pressure local authorities are under to both save and generate money from their museums, the article questions the implications of this approach to deciding which museums should be transferred as it indicates a reworking of conventional notions of universal entitlement and results in transferring museums that may prove to be financially unviable without continued state support.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | A General Works > AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General) | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Museums -- Great Britain , Museum finance -- Great Britain, Museums -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain, Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 21st century, Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 21st century | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Local Government Studies | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge Journals, Taylor and Fancis Ltd | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0300-3930 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 46 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | 186-205 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/03003930.2019.1619554 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Local Government Studies on 04/06/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03003930.2019.1619554 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 December 2019 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 December 2020 | ||||||||
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