Includes bibliographical references and index.

The (Wide) World Of Sports Events / Jean-Loup Chappelet and Milena M. Parent -- The Bidders' And Promoters' Perspective / Paul Emery -- The Organizing Committee's Perspective / Milena M. Parent -- The Volunteers' Perspective / Alain Ferrand and Berit Skirstad -- The Sport Event Owners' Perspective / Donald Getz, Darlene Macdonald, and Milena M. Parent -- The Sport Federations' Perspective / Emmanuel Bayle -- The Athletes' Perspective / Eric MacIntosh and Suzanne Weckend Dill -- Masters Sport Perspectives / Bradley W. Young, Angela Bennett, and Beno�it S�eguin -- The Spectators' Perspective / Guillaume Bodet -- The Sport Parents' And Entourage's Perspective / Elsa Kristiansen, Glyn C. Roberts, and Pierre-Nicolas Lemyre -- The Mission Staff Perspective / David Legg -- The Community's Perspective / Inge Derom, Robert VanWynsberghe, and Lynn Minnaert -- The Tourism Agencies' And Local Business Actors' Perspective / Laurence Chalip -- The Local And Regional Governments' Perspective / K. Meaghan Carey, Laura Misener, and Daniel S. Mason -- The National Government's Perspective / Barrie Houlihan, Tien-Chin Tan, and Jaewoo Park -- The Sponsors' Perspective / Beno�it S�eguin and Guillaume Bodet -- The Broadcasters' Perspective / Michael Silk and Haydn Morgan -- The Written Press And Social/New Media Perspectives / Raymond Boyle -- The Security Agencies' Perspective / Tracy Taylor and Kristine Toohey -- The Non-Governmental Agency Perspective / Lyndsay M.C. Hayhurst, Rob Millington, and Simon C. Darnell -- Conclusions And Future Directions For Sport Event Management Scholarship / Milena M. Parent and Jean-Loup Chappelet.