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The politics of sport : community, mobility, identity / edited by Paul Gilchrist and Russell Holden.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Sport in the global society. Contemporary perspectives.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: x, 142 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415463114
  • 9780415463119
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.483 22
Contents:
1. Introduction: the politics of sport - community, mobility, identity / Paul Gilchrist and Russell Holden -- 2. 'Over here': 'Americanization' and the new politics of football club ownership - the case of Liverpool FC / John Williams and Stephen Hopkins -- 3. Paddling, property and piracy: the politics of canoeing in England and Wales / Paul Gilchrist and Neil Ravenscroft -- 4. The sports boycott against Rhodesia and reconsidered / Charles Little -- 5. Bidding for international sport events: how government supports and undermines national governing bodies of sport / Geoff Walters-- 6. What happens while the official looks the other way? citizenship, transnational sports migrants and the circumvention of the state / Thomas F. Carter -- 7. Sport, development and aid: can sport make a difference? / Grant Jarvie -- 8. Transferring national allegiance: cultural affinity or flag of convenience? / Michael Holmes and David Storey -- 9. Never forget you're Welsh: the role of sport as a political device in post-devolution Wales / Russell Holden.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: the politics of sport - community, mobility, identity / Paul Gilchrist and Russell Holden -- 2. 'Over here': 'Americanization' and the new politics of football club ownership - the case of Liverpool FC / John Williams and Stephen Hopkins -- 3. Paddling, property and piracy: the politics of canoeing in England and Wales / Paul Gilchrist and Neil Ravenscroft -- 4. The sports boycott against Rhodesia and reconsidered / Charles Little -- 5. Bidding for international sport events: how government supports and undermines national governing bodies of sport / Geoff Walters-- 6. What happens while the official looks the other way? citizenship, transnational sports migrants and the circumvention of the state / Thomas F. Carter -- 7. Sport, development and aid: can sport make a difference? / Grant Jarvie -- 8. Transferring national allegiance: cultural affinity or flag of convenience? / Michael Holmes and David Storey -- 9. Never forget you're Welsh: the role of sport as a political device in post-devolution Wales / Russell Holden.

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