Global Sport Identities, Societies, Civilizations

Name: Global Sport Identities, Societies, Civilizations
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ISBN: 9780745615325

ISBN-10: 0745615325

ISBN-13: 9780745615325

Edition: 1999

Authors: Joseph Maguire

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This study develops an account of sport in a global context, examining the changing nature of sport in relation to globalization. It draws on a range of international case studies to analyse the balance of power in the global sports process.

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 9/22/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.02" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Sports, Local Cultures and Global Processes



Conceptual and Theoretical Issues



Theorizing Sport in the Global Process



Globalisation, Process Sociology and Cross-Cultural-Civilisation Analysis



Globalisation, Civilising Offensives and Sportization Processes



The Global Sports Formation: Meaning, Power and Control



The Globalisation of Sport and its Consequences



Global Trails, Migrant Labour and Elite Sport Cultures



The Sports Industry, Global Commodity Chains and Sustainable Sport



The Global Media-Sport Complex



Global Sport, Identity Politics and Patriot Games


Conclusion: Diminishing Contrasts, Increasing Varieties - Towards a Global Sports Culture or the Globalisation of Sports?


Bibliography


Index