Beyond the "Toolkit Approach": Arts Impact Evaluation Research and the Realities of Cultural Policy-Making

Journal for Cultural Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-142

  Belfiore, Eleonora ^a   Bennett, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951496848     PISSN: 14797585     EISSN: 17401666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14797580903481280     Document Type: Article

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