Exploring the Gap between Museum Policy and Practice: a Comparative analysis of Scottish, English and Welsh Local Authority Museum Services

Exploring the Gap between Museum Policy and Practice: a Comparative analysis of Scottish, English and Welsh Local Authority Museum Services

This paper explores the gap between museum policy and practice in the United Kingdom (UK) by offering empirical evidence from a comparative street-level analysis of museum services in Scotland, England and Wales. Exploring devolution in cultural services from the ground-level using Lipsky’s (1980) ‘...

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Main Author:	Vikki McCall
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Leicester 2017-06-01
Series:	Museum & Society
Online Access:	https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/mas/article/view/678

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