The heritage game : economics, policy, and practice / Alan Peacock and Ilde Rizzo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peacock, Alan T., 1922-2014.

Contributor:

Rizzo, Ilde.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Protection.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Protection--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A notable feature in cultural life is the growing demand to preserve and promote public access to historical buildings and sites, and artistic treasures of the past. Governments are increasingly involved in financing and regulating private attempts to meet this growing demand as well as extending their own provision of these treasures in state and locally owned museums and galleries. These developments raise important issues about the scope, content, and relevance of heritagepolicies in today's world. Written by two leading figures in the field of cultural economics, this authoritative book fo

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Making difficult choices; Introduction; Don't shoot the economists-They are doing their best!; Misunderstandings; Characteristics of the heritage 'market'; The evolution of economic analysis of heritage; Further reading; 2. Examining reasons for public intervention; Introduction; The rationale for State intervention; The quality of choices; Interdependent preferences; An agenda for appraising public policy: a preview; Further reading; 3. Facing the facts; Introduction; Heritage and descriptive economic statistics

The pattern of demand for heritage servicesThe importance of institutional structure; Some politics of statistical presentation: a parable; The cold douche of reality; Looking ahead; Appendix: The preparation of descriptive statistics; Further reading; 4. Heritage institutions and the economy; Introduction; The importance of accounts; Information requirements; The big picture; The implications for analysis of heritage decision making; A simplified system of accounting for the heritage sector; Further reading; 5. Some economics of museums and galleries; Introduction; Modelling museum behaviour

The relevance of economic analysisFurther reading; 6. The built heritage; Introduction; The economic characteristics of the built heritage; Preservation and adaptation; Further reading; 7. Evaluating the demand for heritage; Introduction; Contingent valuation; An example; Practical and theoretical issues; Controversial issues in valuation; Further reading; 8. The practice of public intervention; Our procedure; Sources of finance; The crucial role of regulation; Decentralization; Further reading; 9. Investment and performance appraisal; Introduction; Cost-benefit analysis: general issues

CBA: identification and measurement of benefits and costsCBA: the choice of the rate of discount; CBA: normative limits and positive implications; Performance appraisal: general issues; Performance appraisal: the object of measurement; Performance appraisal: the uses of measurement; From theory to practice in performance appraisal; Further reading; 10. A possible agenda for heritage policy; Introduction; A reform agenda 1: The background; Agenda for reform 2: Some principles of operation; Epilogue; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786611852481

9780191607455

0191607452

9780191526619

0191526614

9781281852489

1281852481

OCLC:

236792568