Michael Howcroft
Biographic Data
| ID | 4606420 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Howcroft |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Howcroft |
| SIGNATURE | HOWCROFT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1171-6122 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bridging the ‘sport/culture silo’
The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) uniquely exhibits features of both sporting and cultural events. Its tradition of awarding hosting rights to the previous year’s winning broadcaster has persisted even as its scale has approached that of sporting and cultural mega-events. Research on its politics of place has increasingly drawn on studies of sports mega-events, especially surrounding nation-branding and ‘soft power.’ Yet there has been little dia…
Levelling Up, affective governance and tensions within ‘pride in place
The ‘pride in place’ mission of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda has foregrounded the importance of feelings in local and national development strategies. While pride in place gestures to the emotional symptoms of geographical inequality and the so-called left behind, it does not address their structural causes. This article explores how the lens of pride, and the affective governance it demands, has been used to reimagine place in UK poli…
Bridging the ‘sport/culture silo’
The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) uniquely exhibits features of both sporting and cultural events. Its tradition of awarding hosting rights to the previous year’s winning broadcaster has persisted even as its scale has approached that of sporting and cultural mega-events. Research on its politics of place has increasingly drawn on studies of sports mega-events, especially surrounding nation-branding and ‘soft power.’ Yet there has been little dia…
Levelling Up, affective governance and tensions within ‘pride in place
The ‘pride in place’ mission of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda has foregrounded the importance of feelings in local and national development strategies. While pride in place gestures to the emotional symptoms of geographical inequality and the so-called left behind, it does not address their structural causes. This article explores how the lens of pride, and the affective governance it demands, has been used to reimagine place in UK poli…
Bridging the ‘sport/culture silo’
The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) uniquely exhibits features of both sporting and cultural events. Its tradition of awarding hosting rights to the previous year’s winning broadcaster has persisted even as its scale has approached that of sporting and cultural mega-events. Research on its politics of place has increasingly drawn on studies of sports mega-events, especially surrounding nation-branding and ‘soft power.’ Yet there has been little dia…
Levelling Up, affective governance and tensions within ‘pride in place
The ‘pride in place’ mission of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda has foregrounded the importance of feelings in local and national development strategies. While pride in place gestures to the emotional symptoms of geographical inequality and the so-called left behind, it does not address their structural causes. This article explores how the lens of pride, and the affective governance it demands, has been used to reimagine place in UK poli…
Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Bridging (networking (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Children's Rights and Participation (1 work) · CONTEST (1 work) · Corporate governance (1 work)