Events and Economic Development: Bridging Theory and Practice (Routledge How Events Transform Society series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032790555 ISBN 13: 9781032790558

Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

Events and Economic Development explores the economic impact and developmental implications of designing, planning, and delivering major events – from cultural events like the Notting Hill Carnival and Day of the Dead, to sporting events like the Olympics to the Super Bowl.

This book comprises 24 chapters, each addressing various diverse and interconnected topics related to the economic and development implications of hosting events. Each chapter follows a consistent structure, beginning with the aim and learning objective(s), followed by theoretical focuses and the significance of these perspectives. Similarly, practical focuses and their significance are also outlined. The main body of each chapter consists of an 800 to 2000-word argument. Following the argument, chapters include managerial, policy, and/or research implications, explicitly mapping how they relate to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Each chapter concludes with a series of quizzes to test knowledge and debate questions to engage learners in discussing and interrogating the argument.

Some of the topics covered include:

• Nation Branding through Events
• Urban Transformation via Events
• Commercialization of Culture and Events
• Crisis and Resilience in Event Management
• Sustainability in Event Hosting
• Cultural Identity and Heritage Preservation
• Globalization of Sports and Festivals
• Media and Narrative Evolution
• Ethics and Sponsorship in Events
• Community Impacts and Gentrification

This innovative, topical, engaging, and comprehensive book is an essential reading and teaching resource for all students and lecturers in events that are easy to integrate into educational programmes.

About this title

About the Author

Mike Duignan is a Professeur at the Sorbonne, University of Paris 1, France, and the Director of Research, Intelligence, and Education at Trivandi, UK. Since 2021, Mike has been the Editor-in-Chief of the leading peer-reviewed journal for the study and analysis of events: Event Management Journal. Formerly, he was a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, USA; the Director of the UK Olympic Studies Centre; and a Reader and Head of Department at the University of Surrey, UK.

From the Back Cover

Events of all shapes and sizes play an important part in all of our lives. They are fun, frivolous, and often allow us to escape from our everyday lives. Events and Economic Development, therefore, explores the economic impact and developmental implications of designing, planning, and delivering events.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032790555
• ISBN 13: 9781032790558
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Duignan Mike