Managing and Developing Communities, Festivals and Events

Part I. Investigating Management Philosophies, Ideas and Principles in the Context of Communities, Festivals and Events

1. An Introduction to Planning and Managing Communities, Festivals and Events
Allan Jepson, Alan Clarke

2. Rising to the Challenge of Sustainability: Community Events by the Community, for the Community
James Bostock, Richard Cooper, Gareth Roberts

3. Co-Creating Places through Events: The Case of a Tourism Community Event in Finnish Lapland
Minni Haanpää, José-Carlos García-Rosell, Seija Tuulentie

4. The Motivations of Event Volunteers at Local Community Events
David Lamb, Alfred Ogle

5. Museum Events as a Tool for Community and Organisational Development
Valery Gordin, Mariya Dedova

6. The ‘Performance’ of an Easter Festival on an Island Community: Bringing Communities Together or Entertaining Tourists?
Nigel D. Morpeth

7. Community Development through Public Art Event in Ratchaburi, Thailand
Sompong Amnuay-ngerntra

8. Understanding Stakeholder Status and Legitimate Power Exertion within Community Sport Events: A Case Study of the Christchurch (New Zealand) City to Surf
Rachel J. Batty

9. Events: Cause or Consequence of Community Involvement
Egbert Zee, Pepijn Olders

Part II. Planning and Managing the Impacts of Festivals, Events, and Communities

10. The Rediscovery of an Ancient Community Event in a Language Minority Village: The Case of Bova (Italy)
Sonia Ferrari, Pasquale Faenza

11. Indulgence Feasts: Manifestation of Religious and Communal Identity
Darius Liutikas

12. Developing a Community Festival Amidst Civil Unrest
Adrian Devine, Frances Devine, Clare Carruthers

13. Community Food Festivals and Events in the South West of England, UK
Paul Cleave

14. Creating Joy Association: A Social Imperative
Neil Cameron, Steve Brown

15. Girona and Its Culinary Events
Silvia Aulet, Joaquim Majó Fernandez

16. Concluding Thoughts on Managing and Developing Communities, Festivals and Events
Allan Jepson, Alan Clarke

Keywords: Business and Management, Business Ethics, Management, Project Management, Corporate Environmental Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Operation Research/Decision Theory