The Routledge Handbook of Events

The Routledge Handbook of Events explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies associated with the rapidly expanding domain of Event Studies. It brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, to provide a state-of-the-art review on the evolution of the subject. The first edition was a landmark study which examined how event research had evolved and developed from a range of different social science subject areas and disciplines. The Handbook was the first critique of the extent to which the subject had developed into a major area of social science inquiry. This second edition has been fully updated to reflect crucial developments in the field and includes brand new sections on ever-important aspects of Event Studies such as: anthropology, hospitality, seasonality, knowledge management, accessibility, diversity and human rights, as well as new studies on ‘the eventful city’ and the benefits of events in older life. The book is divided into four inter-related sections. Section 1 introduces and evaluates the concept of events. Section 2 critically reviews the relationship between events and other disciplines such as the contribution of economics, psychology and geography to the critical discourse of Event Studies. Section 3 focuses on the business, operational and strategic management of events, while the final section crucially focuses on critical events as a new paradigm within the burgeoning literature on Events. It offers the reader a comprehensive and critical synthesis of this field, conveying the latest thinking associated with events research, edited by two of the leading scholars in the field. The text will provide an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in Events Studies, encouraging dialogue that will span across disciplinary boundaries and other areas of study. It is an essential guide for anyone interested in events research.

1 Introduction Joanne Connell and Stephen J. Page SECTION 1 Conceptualising events 2 Event studies Donald Getz 3 Public events, personal leisure? Diane O’Sullivan 4 Events and tourism Warwick Frost and Jennifer Frost 5 Events and hospitality Roy C. Wood 6 Sports events: typologies, people and place Sean Gammon SECTION 2 Disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to events: concepts and methods of analysis 7 The history of events: ideology, representation and historiography John R. Gold and Margaret M. Gold 8 Anthropology of events: diasporic perspectives, events and the representation of people Alison Booth 9 Socio-cultural impacts of events: meanings, authorized transgression, and social capital Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone 10 The economic contribution of special events Larry Dwyer and Leo Jago 11 A spatial extension to a framework for assessing direct economic impacts of tourist events Timothy J. Tyrrell and Robert J. Johnston 12 Geography and the study of events C. Michael Hall and Stephen J. Page 13 Revisiting the psychology of events Pierre Benckendorff and Philip L. Pearce 14 The political analysis and political economy of events C. Michael Hall 15 Urban studies and the eventful city Greg Richards 16 Events management education Paul Barron and Anna Leask 17 Quantitative and qualitative research tools in events Richard Shipway, Leo Jago and Marg Deery SECTION 3 Business, operational and strategic issues associated with events 18 The private sector and events Robyn Stokes 19 Event staging Nicole Ferdinand Nigel Williams 20 The experience of events Chris Ryan 21 Designing event experiences Graham Berridge 22 The media, marketing and events: a new reality Ivna Reic 23 Seasonality and events Joanne Connell and Stephen J. Page 24 Staffing for successful events: having the right skills in the right place at the right time Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Clare Hanlon and Leo Jago 25 Knowledge management in events Diana Clayton 26 Event impacts and environmental sustainability Kirsten Holmes and Judith Mair SECTION 4 The critical turn in events: contemporary issues, society and events 27 Accessibility, diversity and inclusion in events Rebecca Finkel and Katherine Dashper 28 Disability and events Gayle McPherson, Aina Oluwaseyi, David McGillivray, and Laura Misener 29 Human rights, events and the media: a neglected relationship Sarah Snell 30 The benefits of events in older life Raphaela Stadler, Allan Jepson and Emma Wood 31 Faces, spaces and places: social and cultural impacts of street festivals in cosmopolitan cities Stephen J. Shaw 32 Events, cities and the night-time economy Graeme Evans 33 Retrospect and prospect Stephen J. Page and Joanne Connell

Stephen J. Page is Associate Dean (Research) and Professor of Business and Management, Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire, UK. Joanne Connell is Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of Exeter Business School, Exeter, UK