The book shows how national days are best understood in the context of debates about national identity. It argues that national days are contested and manipulated, as well as subject to political, cultural and social pressure. Itbrings together some of the most recent research on national days and sets it in a comparative context."
The book shows how national days are best understood in the context of debates about national identity. It argues that national days are contested and...
As the event management field expands, there has been an emergence of a distinctive 'events' policy field of study and a need for more advanced texts that look at this subject with a multidisciplinary research and theoretical orientation.
Events Policy: From Theory to Strategy is the first text to embrace this new direction in the field of events management. Its main aim is to locate the phenomena of events (and festivity) within a theoretical and strategic framework and, in doing so, demonstrate the links between the development of events in policy-making and the...
As the event management field expands, there has been an emergence of a distinctive 'events' policy field of study and a need for more advanced tex...
The music industries hinge on entrepreneurship. The recent, rapid convergence of media and the parallel ongoing evolution of music businesses have again seen the focus shift to independent companies and individual entrepreneurs. Opportunities tend not to be advertised in professional music and practically everyone begins on their own: forming a band, starting a record label, running events, or building a website. But it's not an easy territory to navigate or get a handle on.
Music Entrepreneurship features an analysis of the changing landscape of the music industries and the...
The music industries hinge on entrepreneurship. The recent, rapid convergence of media and the parallel ongoing evolution of music businesses have ...
David McGillivray Sandro Carnicelli Gayle McPherson
The digital turn in leisure has opened up a vast array of new opportunities to play, learn, participate and be entertained opportunities that have transformed what we recognise as leisure. This edited collection provides a significant contribution to our changing understanding of digital leisure cultures, reflecting on the socio-historical context within which the digital age emerged, while engaging with new debates about the evolving and controversial role of digital platforms in contemporary leisure cultures.
This book also demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature of studying digital...
The digital turn in leisure has opened up a vast array of new opportunities to play, learn, participate and be entertained opportunities that have ...
