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The political economy of global sporting organisations / John Forster and Nigel K. Ll. Pope.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 61.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004Description: xi, 190 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415267730
  • 9780415267731
  • 0203505913
  • 9780203505915
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.47796 22
LOC classification:
  • GV716 .F67 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Global sport organisations : ringmasters or alphabet boys? -- 2. A product of history : the creation and evolution of GSOs -- 3. The economic approach to sport -- 4. Sources of sport revenue -- 5. Going for gold : global sport events -- 6. Architectures of control : structure and process in the GSOs -- 7. For the good of the game : GSO opacity and a public interest -- 8. Getting on with the neighbours : the external relationships of GSOs / Osvaldo Croci -- 9. Yielding place to the new -- 10. Postscript.
Review: "Forster and Pope have created a book that seriously analyses sports organisations from a political economy vantage point for the first time. Of interest to students and academics studying the economics of sport, the book is also written in a style that makes it accessible for those with a general interest, as well as for global sporting organisations themselves."--Jacket.Review: "Forster and Pope have created a book that seriously analyses sports organisations from a political economy vantage point for the first time. Of interest to students and academics studying the economics of sport, the book is also written in a style that makes it accessible for those with a general interest, as well as for global sporting organisations themselves."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Global sport organisations : ringmasters or alphabet boys? -- 2. A product of history : the creation and evolution of GSOs -- 3. The economic approach to sport -- 4. Sources of sport revenue -- 5. Going for gold : global sport events -- 6. Architectures of control : structure and process in the GSOs -- 7. For the good of the game : GSO opacity and a public interest -- 8. Getting on with the neighbours : the external relationships of GSOs / Osvaldo Croci -- 9. Yielding place to the new -- 10. Postscript.

"Forster and Pope have created a book that seriously analyses sports organisations from a political economy vantage point for the first time. Of interest to students and academics studying the economics of sport, the book is also written in a style that makes it accessible for those with a general interest, as well as for global sporting organisations themselves."--Jacket.

"Forster and Pope have created a book that seriously analyses sports organisations from a political economy vantage point for the first time. Of interest to students and academics studying the economics of sport, the book is also written in a style that makes it accessible for those with a general interest, as well as for global sporting organisations themselves."--BOOK JACKET.

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