“WE ARE NOT A GOVERNMENT POODLE”1: Museums and social inclusion under New Labour

International Journal of Cultural Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-288

  West, Celine ^a   Smith, Charlotte H F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

British Government policy; evaluation; Inspiring Learning for All; museums; social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050412010     PISSN: 10286632     EISSN: 14772833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286630500411259     Document Type: Article

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