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Power, Politics and International Events.: Socio-cultural Analyses of Festivals and Spectacles book cover

1st Edition

Power, Politics and International Events. Socio-cultural Analyses of Festivals and Spectacles

Edited By Udo Merkel Copyright 2014
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge
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Although the event management field has grown considerably over the last decade, critical, social-scientific studies of the international events industry are rare. This book intends to help fill this void. It focuses on power, social and political relations, conflicts and controversies in the context of international events, popular festivals and famous spectacles. It draws on recent primary... Read more

　

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

Biography

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.

 

 

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