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Exploring the social impacts of events / edited by Greg Richards, Marisa P. de Brito, Linda Wilks.

Contributor(s): Richards, Greg [editor.] | Brito, Marisa P. de (Marisa Paula) [editor.] | Wilks, Linda [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge advances in event research seriesPublisher: London : Routledge, 2017Description: 242 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138081833 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Special events -- Social aspects | Special events industry -- Social aspects | Sports tournaments -- Social aspects | Society | SocietyDDC classification: 306.4'8 Summary: Social impacts are increasingly used as one of the main justifications for staging and funding events, and yet there is very little empirical evidence on the extent to which these impacts are realised by different kinds of events or in different settings. This volume explores the different social aspects of events, looking in particular at the role of events in developing social capital, social cohesion and participation in local communities.
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Originally published: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social impacts are increasingly used as one of the main justifications for staging and funding events, and yet there is very little empirical evidence on the extent to which these impacts are realised by different kinds of events or in different settings. This volume explores the different social aspects of events, looking in particular at the role of events in developing social capital, social cohesion and participation in local communities.

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