*The first book to cover events management from a research angle *Includes a number of case studies to provide a well-rounded approach to the subject *Addresses key concepts, theories and discussions around subjects such as consumer behaviour, authenticity and new technology

Whether through education, sport or festivity, events form the basis on which we attribute cultural meaning, significance and value to our lives. In this light, community events have the potential to create positive and negative social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts within the community across a wide variety of genres and platforms.This book offers a deeper and more critical insight into the relationships, dynamics and planning processes of festivals and events and t...

Dieser Band enthält folgende Romane: Die Legende der Regenbogenschlange (Alfred Bekker) Das Magische Feuer (Alfred Bekker) Engel des Bösen (Alfred Bekker) Im Inneren des Goldenen Globus (Sercombe Griffin) Der Kaiser und die Götter (Chris Heller) Im Bann der Mondgötter (EDGAR JEPSON & SIDNEY GOWING) Auf den Knien der Götter (J.Allan Dunn) Das Nachtleben der Götter (Thorne Smith) Der Schlangentempel (Alfred Bekker) Der Käfer-Gott (Alfred Bekker) Jeffrey Cardwell und der Fluch der Schlangengö...

This book celebrates and builds on Alan Clarke (1956–2021) and Allan Jepson’s 2015 book Exploring Community Festivals and Events. It showcases how far the study of community festivals and events has come in the intervening years, and in so doing it is a response to recent calls for researchers to take a more critical approach to event studies.This is an interdisciplinary book that draws together empirical research across a wide range of community event types, sizes and wit...

This book is the first to take an in-depth examination of events and well-being, adopting a much-needed critical approach to the study of events. It uses empirical case studies to help us better understand how events foster positive well-being or counter negative well-being for event organisers, participants, spectators, volunteers and even non-attending local residents.While researchers have long understood socialisation as the major motivation to attend contemporary festivals and...

This book is the first to take an in-depth examination of marginalisation and events. Marginalisation has been the subject of academic research for some time now. For example, marginalisation and exclusion have been identified as problematic in fields as diverse as geography, public health, education and media studies. However, little research has been carried out within the field of event studies.Using of a range of different theoretical and methodological approaches from a variet...

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 economic recession, community festivals and events as a sacred or profane time of celebration can be considered even more important than ever before.This book for the first time explores...