Routledge Advances in Event Research Series
Food and Wine Events in Europe: A Stakeholder Approach
1st Edition
Edited
By Alessio Cavicchi, Cristina Santini
May 25, 2017
Food and wine events have gained popularity internationally. Their importance in local economic development has grown, especially in Europe, as they are seen as a source of income for local economic systems, a way for creating new job positions and effective tools for promoting and increasing ...
Power, Politics and International Events.: Socio-cultural Analyses of Festivals and Spectacles
1st Edition
Edited
By Udo Merkel
May 25, 2017
Although the event management field has grown considerably over the last decade, critical, social-scientific studies of the international events industry are rare. This book intends to help fill this void. It focuses on power, social and political relations, conflicts and controversies in the ...
Sports Events, Society and Culture
1st Edition
Edited
By Katherine Dashper, Thomas Fletcher, Nicola Mccullough
May 25, 2017
This innovative and timely volume moves beyond existing operational and pragmatic approaches to events studies by exploring sports events as social, cultural, political and mediatised phenomena. As the study of this area is developing there is now a need for critical and theoretically informed ...
The Arts and Events
1st Edition
By Hilary du Cros, Lee Jolliffe
May 25, 2017
Cultural heritage and contemporary arts benefit from being showcased in events. Arts-related events are each unique in reflecting local culture; they may be therefore spontaneous (street art and so on) or planned (i.e. studio tours or arts festivals). The Arts and Events explores the nature and ...
The Future of Events & Festivals
1st Edition
Edited
By Ian Yeoman, Martin Robertson, Una McMahon - Beattie, Elisa Backer, Karen A. Smith
May 25, 2017
The growth of events and festivals has been significant over the last decade and a wide range of skills are essential to ensure those events are successful. This requirement has been instrumental in stimulating the creation of more tertiary education opportunities to develop events management...
Event Design: Social perspectives and practices
1st Edition
Edited
By Greg Richards, Lénia Marques, Karen Mein
May 24, 2017
Events are becoming more complex as their range of functions grows, as meeting places, creative spaces, economic catalysts, social drivers, community builders, image makers, business forums and network nodes. Effective design can produce more successful business models that can help to sustain ...
Events, Society and Sustainability: Critical and Contemporary Approaches
1st Edition
Edited
By Tomas Pernecky, Michael Lück
May 24, 2017
The growth of the events industry brings with it concerns of sustainable management, the sharing of available resources, and ensuring that people and places are not over-exploited. While the environmental and economic dimensions of sustainability have attracted a reasonable attention in the study ...
Exploring Community Festivals and Events
1st Edition
Edited
By Allan Jepson, Alan Clarke
May 24, 2017
The development of the festival and event industry has seen large scale growth and extensive government support as a result of objectives to enhance and project the image of place and leverage positive sponsorship and regeneration opportunities. As we move deeper into austerity measures prompted by...
Exploring the Social Impacts of Events
1st Edition
Edited
By Greg Richards, Marisa de Brito, Linda Wilks
May 24, 2017
Social impacts are increasingly used as one of the main justifications for staging and funding events, and yet there is very little empirical evidence on the extent to which these impacts are realised by different kinds of events or in different settings. This timely volume fills this gap by being ...
Rituals and Traditional Events in the Modern World
1st Edition
Edited
By Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost
May 24, 2017
Many events have evolved over centuries, drawing on local customs and conditions. However, as the world becomes increasingly globalised, traditional events and the identities they support are increasingly being challenged and rituals may be lost. Reacting against this trend towards homogeneity, ...