The Politics of Museums

The Politics of Museums
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 9781137493415
ISBN-13 : 1137493410
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Book Synopsis The Politics of Museums by : Clive Gray

Download or read book The Politics of Museums written by Clive Gray and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to examine how and why museums are political institutions. By concentrating on the ways in which power, ideology and legitimacy work at the international, national and local levels of the museum experience, Clive Gray provides an original analysis of who exercises power and how power is used in museums.


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