Social Policy and Cultural Services: A Study of Scottish Border Museums as Implementers of Social Inclusion
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This article examines the findings of an exploratory case study based on local authority museums in the Scottish Borders to assess the impact of social inclusion policies from the Scottish Parliament. Taken from museum curators' perspectives, the findings suggest that social inclusion policies have not filtered through the system to reach the curators due to unclear government policy and confusion regarding terminology, strategy and guidelines. Curators found it difficult to engage with social inclusion discourse, despite employing socially inclusive actions in everyday practice. The relationship between the local community and museum was seen to be unique and multi-layered, with a perceived dimension of community ownership, which has implications for social policy on central, local and individual levels.
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The space where museum workers can use their discretion is helped by a gap between high-level policy expectations and ideas of policy at the ground level.
“The space where museum workers can use their discretion is helped by a gap between highlevel policy expectations and ideas of policy at the ground level (McCall 2009).”
From Museums and the ‘new museology’: theory, practice and organisational change (2014) · cites this paper as McCall 2009
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McCall, V., & Gray, C. (2014) · Museum Management and Curatorship · doi:10.1080/09647775.2013.869852 · Cited by 255 · see citing works
“Workers are influenced by high-level policy rhetoric, but because of the ambiguity of key concepts there are multiple interpretations at ground level.”
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- Authors
- McCall, V.
- Affiliations
- University of Stirling (GB)
- Corresponding author
- McCall, Vikki
- ORCID
- McCall, Vikki
- Venue
- Social Policy and Society
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2009-07
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 319-331
- ISSN
- 1474-7464 (ISSN-L)
- 1475-3073
- OpenAlex
- W2130907193
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 7 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 42.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Policy and Society (publishedVersion)
- Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (publishedVersion)
- Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Museology › Museums and Cultural Heritage
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Museology › Libraries and Information Services
- Keywords
- social inclusion, cultural ecosystem services, Scottish Borders, museum curators, social inclusion policy, policy implementation, community ownership, museum-community relations, Scottish Parliament
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