Event power how global events manage and manipulate

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...

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Autor principal: Rojek, Chris (Autor)
Resource Type: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: London SAGE [2013].
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  • 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?