Power, Politics and International Events. (eBook, PDF)

Socio-cultural Analyses of Festivals and Spectacles
Redaktion: Merkel, Udo

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The focus of this edited book is on the critical, social-scientific analysis of international events, including public, private and voluntary sector festivals and spectacles. By doing so it concentrates on socio-historical, economic, political and cultural themes, in particular the issue of power, power relations and conflicts. This collection of essays will bring the social-scientific study of events, festivals and spectacles more into the core of the teaching of Events Management degree programmes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136250231
• Artikelnr.: 39190077

Autorenporträt

Udo Merkel is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport and Service Management at the University of Brighton. He is part of the Events Management team and has a keen interest in the social-scientific study of the international events industry. In addition to researching and teaching sociological and political aspects of international sports events, he has published widely in the areas of comparative European studies and football cultures. He is currently preparing a book on the role of international events and festivals as a foreign policy and diplomatic tool.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
PART I
Introduction
1 The critical, social-scientific study of international events: Power,
politics and conflicts
UDO MERKEL
PART II
Historical and developmental case studies
2 Regional events and festivals in Europe: Revitalizing traditions and
modernizing identities
LOUISA DEVISMES
3 The historical roots of the Gymnaestrada: National gymnastics festivals
in nineteenth-century Europe
ANGELA WICHMANN
4 World Expos and global power relations
JAYNE LUSCOMBE
5 A short, selective history of the Gay Games: Conflicts, clashes and
controversies
NIGEL JARVIS
PART III
Contemporary case studies and ethnographies
6 Global events and local conflicts: Who owns the streets of London?
ADAM JONES AND JANET WOOLLEY
7 "A Day at the Races": Critical reflections of an insider
STEVEN GOSS-TURNER
8 Arts, acrobatics and athleticism in North Korea: Power, politics and
propaganda
UDO MERKEL
9 The World Baseball Classic: The production and politics of a new global
sports spectacle
THOMAS F. CARTER
10 Politics as spectacle: U2's 360° tour (2009-2011)
MICHAEL WILLIAMS