David Mcgillivray, Daniel Turner

Gebundenes Buch

Event Bidding

Politics, Persuasion and Resistance

Beschreibung

This timely volume brings theory and practice together in one place to produce a critical appraisal of a phenomenon with a relatively recent history and is particularly suitable for students, researchers and academics of sports, events, tourism, and related subject fields focusing on the strategic and political dimensions of major events.

Autor

David McGillivray holds a Chair in Event and Digital Cultures at University of the West of Scotland. His research interests focus on the contemporary significance of events and festivals (sporting and cultural) as markers of identity and mechanisms for the achievements of wider economic, social and cultural externalities. Daniel Turner is the Senior Lecturer in Events and Tourism at the University of the West of Scotland. His research interests focus upon the socio-cultural exploration of events and sport and the use of such activity to generate economic, social and cultural impacts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9781138679290
• ISBN-10: 1138679291
• Artikelnr.: 75423923