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Several articles in this issue
relate to the instrumentalisation of arts and culture in public policy.
Whereas Madden/Bloom investigate the use of creativity in arts advocacy,
and Newman/McLean examine the role of museums in social inclusion,
Belfiore critically assesses this instrumental turn (see also the abstract
in the New
Acquisitions September 2004).
Of special interest is the review essay by Bennett who
analyses and compares two recent publications on cultural
policy research: Critical Cultural Policy Studies, edited by Lewis
and Miller, and Informing Cultural Policy by Schuster. He highlights
the reductionist approaches of both of them, pinpointing in Schuster's
mapping of cultural policy research the instrumental frame of reference
which is limited to advocacy-inspired research lacking critical analysis.
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