The Routledge handbook of events /
The Routledge handbook of events /
- Oxford : Routledge, 2015.
- xxi, 563 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Routledge handbooks. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Foreword / Preface / 1 : introduction / Section 1 : defining events studies. 2 : event studies / Section 2 : disciplinary studies and events : theory, concepts and methods of analysis. 5 : events and tourism / Section 3 : policy, planning and management. 14 : the private sector and events / Section 4 : the impacts of events. 22 : a spatial extension to a framework for assessing direct economic impacts of tourist events / Section 5 : future research directions for events. 30 : events management education / Index. J. R. Brent Ritchie -- Stephen J. Page and Joanne Connell -- Stephen J. PAge and Joanne Connell -- Don Getz. 3 : typologies and event studies / Tom Lunt. 4 : towards an interdisciplinary events research agenda across sport, tourism, leisure and health / Mike Weed -- Warwick Frost. 6 : public events, personal leisure / Diane O'Sullivan. 7 : 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 / Julia Tum -- 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 -- Timothy J. Tyrrell and Robert J. Johnston. 23 : 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. Page. 29 : quantitative and qualitative research tools in events / Richard Shipway, Leo Jago, and Marg Deery -- 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 --
'The Routledge Handbook of Events' explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies inherent to this rapidly expanding discipline. It brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geographical regions.
9780415583343 (hbk) 9780415583343: £125.00 0415583349 (hbk) 9781138832817 (pbk) 1138832812 (pbk)
2014025927
Special events--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Special events.
Special events--Management.
Special events--Social aspects.
Special events--Economic aspects.
394.2 / PAG
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Foreword / Preface / 1 : introduction / Section 1 : defining events studies. 2 : event studies / Section 2 : disciplinary studies and events : theory, concepts and methods of analysis. 5 : events and tourism / Section 3 : policy, planning and management. 14 : the private sector and events / Section 4 : the impacts of events. 22 : a spatial extension to a framework for assessing direct economic impacts of tourist events / Section 5 : future research directions for events. 30 : events management education / Index. J. R. Brent Ritchie -- Stephen J. Page and Joanne Connell -- Stephen J. PAge and Joanne Connell -- Don Getz. 3 : typologies and event studies / Tom Lunt. 4 : towards an interdisciplinary events research agenda across sport, tourism, leisure and health / Mike Weed -- Warwick Frost. 6 : public events, personal leisure / Diane O'Sullivan. 7 : 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 / Julia Tum -- 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 -- Timothy J. Tyrrell and Robert J. Johnston. 23 : 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. Page. 29 : quantitative and qualitative research tools in events / Richard Shipway, Leo Jago, and Marg Deery -- 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 --
'The Routledge Handbook of Events' explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies inherent to this rapidly expanding discipline. It brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geographical regions.
9780415583343 (hbk) 9780415583343: £125.00 0415583349 (hbk) 9781138832817 (pbk) 1138832812 (pbk)
2014025927
Special events--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Special events.
Special events--Management.
Special events--Social aspects.
Special events--Economic aspects.
394.2 / PAG