Event Bidding - Politics, Persuasion and Resistance (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

Bidding contests for sporting and cultural events are attracting increasing media and public attention. Yet, despite the cost, size and scale of these bidding contests, relatively little academic attention has been paid to the strategies and tactics used to develop successful bids. Event Bidding: Politics, Persuasion and Resistance develops a comprehensive, critical understanding of the bidding processes surrounding the award of major peripatetic events. This is achieved by drawing together existing knowledge on the subject of event bidding, combining this with historical and contemporary examples to enable a critical commentary on the bidding process itself and the struggle for power that it represents.

The text draws on case studies of ‘mega events’ including the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games as well as a range of smaller peripatetic events from across the world to analyse the bidding process and some of the increasingly controversial issues which emerge during often lengthy and expensive bid campaigns. Finally, the text reflects on a range of critical issues of contemporary significance in bidding contests, including the growing ethical and governance issues surrounding the development and award of events as well as the impact of growing oppositional movements surrounding each contest.

This timely volume brings theory and practice together in one place to produce a critical appraisal of a phenomenon with a relatively recent history and is particularly suitable for students, researchers and academics of sports, events, tourism and related subject fields focusing on the strategic and political dimensions of major events.

Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART I:

Politics - Contexts and Concepts

A history of bidding

Motivations to bid

PART II:

Persuasion - Competencies and Campaigns

Bidding infrastructure: Demonstrating technical competency

Bidding narratives: Positioning through storytelling

Bidding tactics: Campaigning and lobbying

PART III:

Resistance - Corruption and Contestation

Governance, ethics and impropriety

Resistance and alternative campaigns

PART IV:

Case Studies in Event Bidding

Rio's 2016 Olympic Bid: Putting South America on the map

Marseille-Provence 2013: "The unquenchable thirst for creative destruction"

Conclusions: The future of event bidding

　

Index

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General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	David McGillivray • Daniel Turner
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	152
Edition:	3rd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-67928-3
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Tourism industry Promotions
LSN:	1-138-67928-3
Barcode:	9781138679283

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