Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Introductory concepts in event studies -- 1.Introduction and overview of event studies -- What is event studies? -- A framework for understanding and creating knowledge about planned events -- How the literature has evolved -- Major subdivisions (discourses) within event studies -- Forces, trends and issues -- 2.The world of planned events -- Describing and classifying events -- Planned versus unplanned events -- Description and examples of the major event forms -- pt. 2 Foundation disciplines and closely related fields -- 3.Anthropology, sociology, philosophy, religious studies and psychology -- Introduction -- Anthropology -- Sociology -- Philosophy -- Religious studies -- Psychology -- 4.Economics, management, political science, law, history, human geography, future studies -- Economics -- Management -- Political science -- Law -- History -- Human geography -- Future studies -- 5.Closely related professional fields -- Introduction --

Contents note continued: Leisure studies -- Tourism studies -- Hospitality studies -- Education and interpretation -- Communications, media and performance studies -- Arts and cultural management -- Cultural studies -- Sport management and sport studies -- Venue, club and assembly management -- Theatre studies -- Health studies -- Urban and community studies -- Rural studies -- Aboriginal, ethnic and multicultural studies -- Visitor studies -- pt. 3 Framework for understanding and creating knowledge -- 6.The event experience and meanings -- Defining `experience' -- A model of the planned event experience -- Generic and specific types of planned event experiences -- Meanings attached to planned event experiences -- 7.Event design -- What is event design? -- Designing the setting -- Theme and programme design -- Service design and quality -- Design of gastronomy and other consumables -- Liberating versus constraining -- 8.Antecedents and decision-making -- What are antecedents? --

Contents note continued: Barriers and constraints -- Decision-making -- Post-experience evaluation and feedback -- 9.Planning and management of events -- Introduction -- Leadership, founders and organizational culture -- Planning and decision-making -- Operations and logistics -- Marketing and communications -- Resources and financial management -- Human resources and volunteer management -- Risk, health, safety and security -- Research, evaluation and information systems -- 10.Outcomes and the impacted -- What are outcomes and impacts? -- Personal outcomes -- Social, cultural and political outcomes -- Economic outcomes -- Environmental outcomes -- Impact assessment and cost--benefit evaluation -- 11.Events and public policy -- Public policy and events -- What is public policy? -- Justifying public-sector involvement -- Economic policy and events -- Cultural policy and events -- Social policy and events -- Environmental policy and events -- Public policy-making --

Contents note continued: pt. 4 Conclusion -- 12.Science, knowledge and theory for event studies -- A framework for knowledge creation -- Philosophy and knowledge -- Research methodologies -- Research purposes and methods -- Theory development for event studies -- A research agenda for event studies.