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 to five inter-related sections. Section one evaluates the evolution of events as a discipline and defines what events studies is. Section two critically reviews the relationship between events and other disciplines such as tourism and sport. Section three focuses on the management of events, section four evaluates the impacts of events from varying political, social and environmental perspectives and section 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.
Foreword. Preface 1. Introduction Section 1: Defining Events Studies 2. Event Studies 3. Event Typologies 4. Towards an Interdisciplinary Events Research Agenda across Sport, Tourism, Leisure and Health Section 2: Disciplinary Studies and Events: Theory, Concepts And Methods Of Analysis 5. Event Tourism 6. Public Events, Personal Leisure 7. Sports Events: Typologies, People and Place 8. The History of Events: Ideology and Historiography 9. The Economic Contribution of Special Events 10. The Geography of Events 11. The Psychology of Events 12. The Political Analysis and Political Economy of Events 13. Managing Uncertainty: (Re)Conceptualising Aspects Of Operations For Events Section 3: Policy, Planning and Management 14. The Private Sector and Events 15. Event Staging 16. The Experience of Events 17. Social Capital and the Music Event Experience 18. Event Programming 19. Media and Events 20. Human Resource Management 21. Volunteering and Events Section 4: The Impacts Of Events 22. A Spatial Extension to a Framework for Assessing Direct Economic Impacts of Tourist Events 23. Socio-Cultural Impacts of Events: Meanings, Authorized Transgression, and Social Capital 24. Event Impacts and Environmental Sustainability 25. The Role of Events In Urban Regeneration 26. 'Faces, Spaces, and Places: Social and Cultural Impacts of Street Festivals in Cosmopolitan Cities' 27. Events, Cities and the Night Time Economy 28. Safety, Security and Event Management: A Case Study of the London 2012 Olympics and the Private Security Industry 29. Quantitative and Qualitative Research Tools in Events Section 5: Future Research Directions For Events 30. Events Management Education 31. Festivals And Events, Government and Spatial Governance 32. A Futurist's View on the Future of Events 33. Retrospect and Prospect
