Event Studies: Theory, Research and Policy for Planned Events

by Getz; Donald

• ISBN13: 9780080969534
• ISBN10: 0080969534
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-04-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Many books exist on various aspects of event management, reflecting growing academic and professional interest, but there has not been a book written on Event Studies until now. As the event management field expands, there is a growth in demand for advanced texts, particularly with a multidisciplinary research and theoretical orientation. Event Studies is the first text to embrace this new direction in the field of event management providing:* Students and practitioners with an explanation of why planned events are important from a social/cultural, economic and environmental perspective.* Readers with an understanding of how various disciplines and other professional fields view planned events, and the contributions they make to understanding events.* Research students with a detailed evaluation of research issues and challenges, and of methodologies and theories applicable to event studies. The bibliography is extensive and numerous research examples are provided. * Professionals with a tool to expand their knowledge well beyond the art and science of producing events to include the philosophical and scientific foundations of event studies. For the event management student, and for professionals, Event Studies provides the necessary body of knowledge and theoretical /methodological underpinnings on the subject of planned events.

Author Biography

Donald Getz is Professor, School of Tourism, The University of Queensland, and Professor Emeritus, The University of Calgary; he also holds a position at The University of Stavanger, Norway, and is Visiting Professor at several other universities.

Table of Contents

List of plates	p. x
List of figures	p. xi
List of tables	p. xii
Series preface	p. xiv
Preface to the second edition	p. xv
Acknowledgements	p. xix
Basic Concepts In Event Studies	p. 1
Introduction and overview of event studies	p. 3
What is event studies?	p. 4
A framework for understanding and creating knowledge about planned events	p. 7
How the literature has evolved	p. 13
Major subdivisions (discourses) within event studies	p. 15
Forces, trends and issues	p. 20
The world of planned events	p. 36
Describing and classifying events	p. 37
Planned versus unplanned events	p. 47
Description and examples of the major event forms	p. 51
Foundation Disciplines and Closely Related Fields	p. 71
Anthropology, sociology, philosophy, religious studies and psychology	p. 73
Anthropology	p. 74
Sociology	p. 79
Philosophy	p. 88
Religious studies	p. 92
Psychology	p. 93
Environmental psychology	p. 98
Social psychology	p. 101
Economics, management, political science, law, history, human geography, future studies	p. 105
Economics	p. 106
Management	p. 114
Political science	p. 126
Law	p. 129
History	p. 131
Human geography	p. 135
Future studies	p. 140
Closely related professional fields	p. 145
Introduction	p. 146
Leisure studies	p. 146
Tourism studies	p. 156
Hospitality studies	p. 161
Education and interpretation	p. 163
Communications, media and performance studies	p. 168
Arts and cultural management	p. 171
Cultural studies	p. 172
Sport management and sport studies	p. 172
Venue, club and assembly management	p. 175
Theatre studies	p. 176
Health studies	p. 178
Urban and community studies	p. 179
Rural studies	p. 180
Aboriginal, ethnic and multicultural studies	p. 180
Visitor studies	p. 183
Framework for Understanding and Creating Knowledge	p. 187
The event experience and meanings	p. 189
Defining 'experience'	p. 190
A model of the planned event experience	p. 197
Generic and specific types of planned event experiences	p. 199
Meanings attached to planned event experiences	p. 214
Event design	p. 221
What is event design?	p. 222
Designing the setting	p. 226
Theme and programme design	p. 237
Service design and quality	p. 240
Design of gastronomy and other consumables	p. 243
Liberating versus constraining	p. 244
Antecedents and decision-making	p. 247
What are antecedents?	p. 248
Barriers and constraints	p. 260
Management	p. 114
Political science	p. 126
Law	p. 129
History	p. 131
Human geography	p. 135
Future studies	p. 140
Closely related professional fields	p. 145
Introduction	p. 146
Leisure studies	p. 146
Tourism studies	p. 156
Hospitality studies	p. 161
Education and interpretation	p. 163
Communications, media and performance studies	p. 168
Arts and cultural management	p. 171
Cultural studies	p. 172
Sport management and sport studies	p. 172
Venue, club and assembly management	p. 175
Theatre studies	p. 176
Health studies	p. 178
Urban and community studies	p. 179
Rural studies	p. 180
Aboriginal, ethnic and multicultural studies	p. 180
Visitor studies	p. 183
Framework for Understanding and Creating Knowledge	p. 187
The event experience and meanings	p. 189
Defining 'experience'	p. 190
A model of the planned event experience	p. 197
Generic and specific types of planned event experiences	p. 199
Meanings attached to planned event experiences	p. 214
Event design	p. 221
What is event design?	p. 222
Designing the setting	p. 226
Theme and programme design	p. 237
Service design and quality	p. 240
Design of gastronomy and other consumables	p. 243
Liberating versus constraining	p. 244
Antecedents and decision-making	p. 247
What are antecedents?	p. 248
Barriers and constraints	p. 260
Decision-making	p. 263
Post-experience evaluation and feedback	p. 267
Planning and management of events	p. 269
Introduction	p. 270
Leadership, founders and organizational culture	p. 270
Organizational and inter-organizational behaviour	p. 274
Planning and decision-making	p. 283
Operations and logistics	p. 286
Marketing and communications	p. 290
Resources and financial management	p. 293
Human resources and volunteer management	p. 297
Risk, health and safety	p. 302
Research, evaluation and information systems	p. 305
Outcomes and the impacted	p. 307
What are outcomes and impacts?	p. 308
Personal outcomes	p. 308
Social, cultural and political outcomes	p. 311
Economic outcomes	p. 317
Environmental outcomes	p. 321
Impact assessment and cost-benefit evaluation	p. 324
Events and public policy	p. 331
What is public policy?	p. 332
Justifying public-sector involvement	p. 333
Economic policy and events	p. 339
Cultural policy and events	p. 341
Social policy and events	p. 344
Environmental policy and events	p. 346
Public policy-making	p. 348
Conclusion	p. 355
Science, knowledge and theory for event studies	p. 355
A framework for knowledge creation	p. 356
Philosophy and knowledge	p. 358
Research methodologies	p. 364
Research purposes and methods	p. 367
Theory development for event studies	p. 374
A research agenda for event studies	p. 378
References	p. 387
Index	p. 425
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