Event Studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned
events. It focuses on event planning and management, outcomes, the experience of events …

The field of events management has been critiqued for being overly focused on operational
and managerial concerns to the detriment of critical analysis of power and representation, of …

Sports geography: new approaches, perspectives and directions nicholas Wise a and
Geoffery Z. Kohe b aLiverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK; bUniversity of Kent …

This book is the result of the happy coincidences that bring frustrated academics together.
We both teach at the same university, but in different schools within the same faculty. Karl is …

Events and sports events are perceived as having the potential to contribute to a number of
benefits for the host country and its communities. The socio-political and economic …

The Black Country, a region that is only loosely defined geographically, is an area located in
the West Midlands of England, which its inhabitants claim holds a distinct geographical and …

The intense commodification, commercialisation, mediatisation, globalisation, and
digitalisation of sport in the past three decades have resulted in sporting organisations and …

Events Management is a relatively new subject within universities, and is positioned as a
vocational field with links to industry and practice. This paper considers the role of the …

In a recent policy debate in this journal, focusing on gender and the events industry, Rhodri
Thomas states that his intention in writing the piece was to challenge policy-makers and …

Advocacy programmes targeting street-connected children involve changing public and
policy makers' perceptions about this group of often stigmatised children. Increasingly, such …