Empowering Communities through Archaeology and Heritage
Subtitle: The Role of Local Governance in Economic Development
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Jan 25, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781350036222
Description: "Peter G. Gould seeks to identify the essential success factors associated with a growing practice in archaeology: the sponsorship by archaeologists or heritage managers of local projects such as museums, tourism businesses, crafts cooperatives and similar activities within communities adjacent to archaeological or heritage sites. Typically, these are small projects intended to support economic advance in small communities. Rarely are they reported on in scholarly papers and, until now, they have never been subjected to study grounded in economic theory and practice. This is an area of study and analysis that is too important to lack suitable academic attention. This book argues that an essential factor in the success of community projects relates to the mechanisms used to govern the projects at the local level, and provides a much-needed systematical evaluation of the issues surrounding such governance. Drawing together theoretical insights from economics, political science, tourism scholarship, complexity scholarship, and non-profit best practices, it presents a model for community governance structures and illustrates the workings of that model through the four case studies. Armed with this book, practitioners will have both a theoretical foundation and practical approaches to consider when designing community projects"--
Notes: Source title: Empowering Communities through Archaeology and Heritage: The Role of Local Governance in Economic Development (Debates in Archaeology)