This book examines the historical background to social exclusion and the strategic context in terms of government and professional policy. The authors propose a... Læs mere
In Managing Cultural Change in Public Libraries, Pateman draws on the ideas of Marx and Maslow to present an ambitious ‘analytical... Læs mere
This book will enable practitioners, students and researchers to apply an analytical framework, based on the theories of dialectical materialism and cultural hegemony, to the public library.
Library and Information Science has always been a contested space. This book captures some of the major debates that have taken place within the profession over the past 25 years and suggests how these can be used to inform the future development of libraries.