Event power : how global events manage and manipulate / Chris Rojek.

By:

Rojek, Chris [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : SAGE publications, c2013.Description: xiii, 202 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9780857025173 (hbk.)
0857025171 (hbk.)
085702518X (pbk.)
9780857025180 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

394.2068 23 ROJ

Contents:

Preface: the goodwill newsletter -- What is event management? -- What are the main types of event? -- Why is 'moral regulation' relevant? -- How is event cognition formulated? -- How are global events organised? -- What do cyclical events do? -- Why are we drawn to events? -- What is event consciousness? -- What do single-issue events do? -- Why are events so emotional? -- What is event appropriation? -- Does event management have a future?

Summary: Argues that events are essential elements in corporate-state partnerships of 'invisible government' that have revived the romance of charity so to form illusory communities, while cloaking power imbalances and social inequalities.... [an] account of communication power, social ordering and control. -- P. [4] of cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Notes	Barcode
Books	Cavendish University Siyani Library Open Access	394.2068 ROJ (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Hard copy	Available	Text book	0000009290

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Argues that events are essential elements in corporate-state partnerships of 'invisible government' that have revived the romance of charity so to form illusory communities, while cloaking power imbalances and social inequalities.... [an] account of communication power, social ordering and control. -- P. [4] of cover.

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