Museums Society Inequality

<p><em>Museums, Society, Inequality</em> explores the wide-ranging social roles and responsibilities of the museum. </p><p>It brings together international perspectives to stimulate critical debate, inform the work of practitioners and policy makers, and to advance recognition of the purpose, responsibilities and value to society of museums.</p><p><em>Museums, Society, Inequality </em>examines the issues and<em>:</em></p><ul> <li>offers different understandings of the social agency of the museum</li> <li>presents ways in which museums have sought to engage with social concerns, and instigate social change</li> <li>imagines how museums might become more useful to society in future.</li> </ul><p>This book is essential for all museum academics, practitioners and students. </p> List of illustrations, Notes on contributors, Preface, Acknowledgements, Part 1 Museums and society: issues and perspectives, Part 2 Strategies for inclusion, Part 3 Towards the inclusive museum, Index