TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gilchrist,Paul
AU  - Holden,Russell
TI  - The politics of sport: community, mobility, identity 
T2  - Sport in the global society. Contemporary perspectives
SN  - 0415463114
U1  - 306.483 22
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Sports
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - 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
ER  -