To preserve or not to preserve?

How are choices about cultural heritage made? Who decides what is heritage and what is not? Are there objective criteria? Why some cultural heritage items get more attention than others? This book looks for possible answers to these questions analysing two specific cases: Sicily and Scotland. The choice may seem odd. Yet, these are two cases of devolution and the book investigates if decentralisation of decision-making affects cultural heritage policies and, if so, how.

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Anna Mignosa studied economics at the University of Catania. She holds a PhD from Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Her research interests include cultural policies, economics of cultural heritage and art management. She is a member of the board of the Association of Cultural Economics International (ACEI).