Events and the social sciences /
As the events management field expands as an area of study, there is a need to move beyond the business and marketing-driven approaches which dominate the literature towards a more advanced conceptual analysis and understanding of events from a socio-cultural context.This book addresses this need by...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Routledge,
[2013]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | As the events management field expands as an area of study, there is a need to move beyond the business and marketing-driven approaches which dominate the literature towards a more advanced conceptual analysis and understanding of events from a socio-cultural context.This book addresses this need by examining intersections between the social sciences and the emerging field of events management. It applies and specifically contextualises social science theories within the discourse of events to provide a greater understanding of the significance of events in contemporary society. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (164 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780415605601 (Cloth) 0415605601 (Cloth) 9781299141070 (MyiLibrary) 1299141072 (MyiLibrary) |