TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grix,Jonathan
TI  - Sport politics: an introduction 
SN  - 0230295460
AV  - GV706.35 .G76 2015
U1  - 306.483 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London, New York, NY
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Sports
KW  - Political aspects
N1  - Machine generated contents note: -- 1.Of 'politics' and 'sport'2.The study of sport politics3.Sport, the state and national identity 4.The political economy of sport5.Sport and the media6.A politician's dream: sport and social capital7.The politics of performance sport: why do states invest in elite sport?8.Domestic and international governance of sport9.Doping matters10. Public diplomacy, soft power and sport11. The future of sport politics
N2  - "A comprehensive and lively introduction to the politics of sport. Introducing the key areas of the subject, it examines how governments around the world have increasingly invested in, promoted and used sport as part of their political agenda"--
ER  -