
Power, Politics and International Events.
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The main aim of this volume is to bring the critical, social-scientific analysis of events, festivals and spectacles more into the core of the teaching of events management degree programmes. The book draws extensively upon the disciplines of politics, sociology, cultural studies and history.
In the process, it addresses key themes such as:
* political economy
* politics of popular culture
* the global and the local
* regionalism and globalization
* nations and nationalism
* international relations and foreign policy.
This groundbreaking collection of essays is unique and innovative. It will be an essential source for students, researchers and academics with a keen interest in critical, social-scientific analyses of events.
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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 degrees tour (2009-2011)
MICHAEL WILLIAMS
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