Event Studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge & theory about planned events. This book focuses on event planning & management outcomes the experience of events & the meanings attached to them the dynamic processes shaping events & why people attend them. Event Studies draws from a large number of foundation disciplines & closely related professional fields to foster interdisciplinary theory focused on planned events. It brings together important discourses on events including event management event tourism & the study of events within various disciplines that are able to shed light on the roles importance & impacts of events in society & culture. Since the first edition of this book there have been many important developments in this field & this second edition
Features: New sections have been added on: trends & issues in the world of planned events; examination of three discourses; event-related careers & professionalism; new theory on the event travel career trajectory; implications of social worlds & social media & new theory on convergence in the forms & functions of events. Expert contributions & personal viewpoints from a number of respected events academics Updated Research Notes to connect readers to the vast & diverse current literature methods & techniques pertaining to events. Instructors Guide including Power Point Slides for each chapter at http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780080969534/