- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Sport presents one of the most advanced cases of 'globalisation, ' arguably because there are fewer cultural and political obstacles to the development of trade and international power in sport than there are in other fields. Thus there has been a change in the nature of the politics of sport since the end of the Cold War; the subject must be rewritten to acknowledge a twenty-first century world in which international sporting organisations and transnational corporations have become far more important than states.
The Global Politics of Sport presents a range of essays examining the emerging global political issues in twenty-first century sport including:
· The role, and power of organisations such as FIFA and the IOC
· The influence of US exceptionalism
· The construction of global sports heroes
· Tensions developing within traditionally 'alternative' sports in a global commercial culture
The Global Politics of Sport presents new and fresh exploration of different conceptions of sport as a purely commercial activity and as an activity as embodying 'higher' social and ethical values.
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Table of contents
- Cover page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contributors
- Preface
- Series editor's foreword
- 1: Sport and globalisation: The issues
- 2: Sport, prestige and international relations
- 3: Not for the good of the game: Crisis and credibility in the governance of world football
- 4: Olympic survivals: The Olympic Games as a global phenomenon
- 5: Alternative models for the regulation of global sport
- 6: Sport and the nation in the global era
- 7: The curious role of the USA in world sport
- 8: Local heroes and global stars
- 9: Selling out?: The commercialisation and globalisation of lifestyle Sport
- 10: Afterword: more questions than answers
- Notes