The Routledge handbook of events [electronic resource].

ISBN:

9780203803936

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Author:

Page, Stephen, 1963-

Personal Author:

Page, Stephen, 1963-

Publication Information:

Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (575 p.)

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Contents:

Front Cover; The Routledge Handbook of Events; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Foreword: J. R. Brent Ritchie; Preface: Stephen J. Page and Joanne Connell; 1. Introduction: Stephen J. Page and Joanne Connell; Section 1: Defining Events Studies; 2. Event studies: Donald Getz; 3. Typologies and Event Studies: Tom Lunt; 4. Towards an interdisciplinary events research agenda across sport, tourism, leisure and health: Mike Weed; Section 2: Disciplinary studies and events: theory, concepts and methods of analysis; 5. Events and tourism: Warwick Frost

6. Public events, personal leisure: Diane O'Sullivan7. Sports events: typologies, people and place: Sean Gammon; 8. The history of events: ideology and historiography: John R. Gold and Margaret M. Gold; 9. The economic contribution of special events: Larry Dwyer and Leo Jago; 10. Geography and the study of events: C. Michael Hall and Stephen J. Page; 11. The psychology of events: Pierre Benckendorff and Philip L. Pearce; 12. The political analysis and political economy of events: C. Michael Hall; 13. Managing uncertainty: (re)conceptualising aspects of operations for events

Section 3: Policy, planning and management14. The private sector and events: Robyn Stokes; 15. Event staging: Nicole Ferdinand and Nigel Williams; 16. The experience of events: Chris Ryan; 17. Social capital in the music festival experience: Linda Wilks; 18. Designing event experiences: Graham Berridge; 19. The media, marketing and events: Andrew Bradley; 20. Staffing for successful events: having the right skills in the right place at the right time: Clare Hanlon and Leo Jago; 21. Volunteering and events: Katie Schlenker, Deborah Edwards and Stephen Wearing; Section 4: The impacts of events

22. A spatial extension to a framework for assessing direct economic impacts of tourist events: Timothy J. Tyrrell and Robert J. Johnston23. Socio-cultural impacts of events: meanings, authorized transgression and social capital: Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone; 24. Event impacts and environmental sustainability: Robert Case; 25. The role of events in urban regeneration: Michael Pacione; 26. Faces, spaces and places: social and cultural impacts of street festivals in cosmopolitan cities: Stephen J. Shaw; 27. Events, cities and the night-time economy: Graeme Evans

28. Safety, security and event management: a case study of the London 2012 Olympics and the private security industry: Allison Wylde and Stephen J. Page29. Quantitative and qualitative research tools in events: Richard Shipway, Leo Jago and Marg Deery; Section 5: Future research directions for events; 30. Events management education: Paul Barron and Anna Leask; 31. Festivals and events, government and spatial governance: Martin Robertson and Kenneth Wardrop; 32. A futurist's view on the future of events: Ian Yeoman, Martin Robertson and Karen Smith

33. Retrospect and prospect: Stephen J. Page and Joanne Connell

Subject Term:

Special events -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Added Author:

Connell, Joanne.

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Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.

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Summary

The Routledge Handbook of Events explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies associated with this rapidly expanding discipline. It brings together leading specialists from range of disciplinary backgrounds and geographical regions, to provide state-of-the-art theoretical reflection and empirical research on the evolution of the subject. It is the first major study to examine what events is as a discipline in the twenty-first century, its significance in contemporary society and growth as a mainstream subject area.

The book is divided in tonbsp;five inter-related sections. Sectionnbsp;one evaluates the evolution of events as a discipline and defines what events studies is. Sectionnbsp;two critically reviews the relationship between events and other disciplines such as tourism andnbsp;sport. Sectionnbsp;three focuses on the management of events, sectionnbsp;four evaluates the impacts of events from varying political, social and environmental perspectives and sectionnbsp;five examines the future direction of growth in event-related education and research.

It offers the reader a comprehensive synthesis of this field, conveying the latest thinking and research. The text will provide an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in Events Studies, encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries and areas of study.

Author Notes

Stephen J. Page is Associate Dean (Research) Hertfordshire Business School and Professor of Business and Management, University of Hertfordshire; author and editor of 41 books on tourism, leisure and events; and Editor of the journal　 Tourism Management .

Joanne Connell is Lecturer in Tourism Management at Exeter University Business School.