Cities, Museums and Soft Power
In Cities, Museums and Soft Power, museum planners Gail Lord and Ngaire Blankenberg demonstrate how museums and cities are using their soft power to address some of the most important issues of our time. Soft power is the exercise of influence through attraction, persuasion, and agenda setting rather than military or economic coercion.
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- Full title :Cities, Museums and Soft Power.
Summary
In Cities, Museums and Soft Power, museum planners Gail Lord and Ngaire Blankenberg demonstrate how museums and cities are using their soft power to address some of the most important issues of our time. Soft power is the exercise of influence through attraction, persuasion, and agenda setting rather than military or economic coercion.
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- Publication Date:2015.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Place of Publication:Washington
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (272 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781442276772, 1442276770
- oclc:ocn957700340
- LC Classification:AM7.C563 2015
- Dewey Decimal:307.76
Table of Contents
Cities, Museums And Soft Power ; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introduction: Why Cities, Museums and Soft Power; 2. The Economics of Museums and Cities; 3. Museums in Public Diplomacy; 4. London's Knowledge Quarter: The Soft Power of Museums in the Knowledge Economy and Urban Development; 5. Museums in the Age of Brazilian Soft Power; 6. Museums as Signifiers in the Gulf; 7. When Soft Powers Collide; 8. Unearthing the Genius Loci of Museums in the Indian Subcontinent; 9. Cultural Nomads: Creative People on the Road; 10. Cranking Up the Soft Power Engine of Chinese Museums.
11. A Tale of Two Civil and Human Rights Cities12. Cairo and Its Museums: From Multiculturalism to Leadership in Sustainable Development; 13. Global and Local: Fairs and Biennials, Temporary Urbanism and Pop-Up Museums; 14. The Museum Building Boom; 15. Thirty-two Ways for Museums to Activate Their Soft Power; Authors; Bibliography; Index.
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