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Event power : how global events manage and manipulate / Chris Rojek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rojek, Chris.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Special events--Management.
- Special events.
- Special events--Political aspects.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Social control.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London : SAGE, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Looking at examples such as the Olympic games and Live Aid, acclaimed sociologist Chris Rojek suggests that these kind of events are really about power, manipulation and social control.
- Contents:
- COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE: THE GOODWILL NEWSLETTER; 1. WHAT IS EVENT MANAGEMENT?; 2. WHAT ARE THE MAIN TYPES OF EVENT?; 3. WHY IS 'MORAL REGULATION' RELEVANT?; 4. HOW IS EVENT COGNITION FORMULATED?; 5. HOW ARE GLOBAL EVENTS ORGANISED?; 6. WHAT DO CYCLICAL EVENTS DO?; 7. WHY ARE WE DRAWN TO EVENTS?; 8. WHAT IS EVENT CONSCIOUSNESS?; 9. WHAT DO SINGLE-ISSUE EVENTS DO?; 10. WHY ARE EVENTS SO EMOTIONAL?; 11. WHAT IS EVENT APPROPRIATION?; 12. DOES EVENT MANAGEMENT HAVE A FUTURE?; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781446270059
- 144627005X
- 9781299483729
- 1299483720
- 9781446275276
- 1446275272
- OCLC:
- 845251683
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