The political economy of sport / edited by John Nauright and Kimberly S. Schimmel.
Material type: TextSeries: International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: xiv, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0333773861
- 9780333773864
- 306.483 22
- GV716 .P65 2005
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306.483 PHY Physical culture, power, and the body / | 306.483 POL Moving the goalposts : a history of sport and society since 1945 / | 306.483 POL The political economy of sport / | 306.483 POL The political economy of sport / | 306.483 POL The politics of sport : community, mobility, identity / | 306.483 POW Power games : a critical sociology of sport / | 306.483 PRI Sport and the social significance of pleasure / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Sport and international political economy : an introduction -- Pt. I. Transnational alliances : manufacturing, merchandising and brand-name marketing in the sport industry -- 2. Playing an aerial game : the new political economy of soccer -- 3. Recapturing Olympic mystique : the corporate invasion of the classroom -- Pt. II. Active moments : capitalist production, cultural change and patterns of resistance -- 4. Global struggles, local impacts : rugby league, Rupert Murdoch's 'global vision' and cultural identities -- 5. The media sport cultural complex : football and fan resistance in Australia -- 6. Paradoxes of material culture : the political economy of surfing -- Pt. III. Place competition : sport mega-events and urban development -- 7. Selling places : hallmark events and the reimaging of Sydney and Toronto -- 8. Public policy, sports investments and regional development initiatives in Japan -- 9. The 'green' games Sydney 2000 played -- 10. Conclusion : the political economy of sport in the twenty-first century.
"Sport studies has become one of the largest and fastest growing international industries. This collection of essays from a range of international contributors analyzes all aspects of the political economy of this industry, including media sports production, urban growth politics, and capital accumulation and the economic effects of Olympism."--Publisher description.
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