Rojek, Chris. <br/><br/>
Event power :  how global events manage and manipulate / 
Chris Rojek. 
 - London :  SAGE publications,  c2013. 
 - xiii, 202 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780857025173 (hbk.) 0857025171 (hbk.) 085702518X (pbk.) 9780857025180 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012955760 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB2A9275  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016199264  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Special events--Management.<br/>Special events--Political aspects.<br/>Power (Social sciences)<br/>Social control.<br/>Grossveranstaltung.<br/>Management.<br/>Event-Marketing.<br/>Politik.<br/>Auswirkung.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>394.2068  / ROJ