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Autore |
Richards Greg |
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Exploring the social impacts of events / / Greg Richards, Marisa P. de Brito and Linda Wilks |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis, , 2013 |
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9780203108123 |
0203108124 |
9781299319455 |
1299319459 |
9781136264504 |
1136264507 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in event research series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sports tournaments - Social aspects |
Sports - Sociological aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Events and social capital -- pt. 2. Building community support : the European capital of culture -- pt. 3. Sport events and social impacts -- pt. 4. Social impacts of events -- pt. 5. Conclusions. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 timely volume fills this gap by being the first to explore 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. Based on cutting edge empirical research, it evaluatesthe contribution of both cultural and sports ev |
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