Event Studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned
events. It focuses on event planning and management, outcomes, the experience of events …

What are the social, political and economic consequences of staging sport mega events
such as the Olympics and the World Cup? Capitalism, Sport Mega Events and the Global …

The purpose of this research is to get a better understanding of the impact of the Stockholm
Fire Festival on the cultural integration of immigrant communities, and particularly its impact …

Sports mega-events, like the Rugby World Cup, are often considered as a major platform for
the celebration and reinforcement of nationalism. However, there is an emerging strand of …

Abstract Drawing upon Littler and Naidoo's 'white past, multicultural present'alignment, this
article examines English newspaper coverage of two 'British'events held in 2012 (the …

Sociologists usually conceptualize events as unexpected occurrences bringing about long-
lasting transformations of social structures. Following this definition, most empirical studies …

Although the effects of nationalized mega-events on national identification have been
theorized and examined by a number of studies, little is known about the specific …

A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social
tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies–the …

This paper explores the importance soccer can play in the lives, identities and memories of
migrants by drawing on 32 oral history interviews conducted with Italians who settled in …

Intersectional accounts of how women sports fans from diverse cultural backgrounds are
represented remain largely unconsidered in fandom literature. This article examines an …