The geopolitical economy of sport : power, politics, money and the state / edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop and Michael M. Goldman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chadwick, Simon, 1964- editor.

Widdop, Paul, editor.

Goldman, Michael M., editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports and international relations.

Sports--Political aspects.

Sports.

Sports--Economic aspects.

Sports and state.

Nationalism and sports.

Geopolitics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 302 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2023.

Biography/History:

Simon Chadwick is Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy at Skema Business School in Paris, France, where he is also a member of its Publika think tank and Director of its Global Executive MBA in Sport. Chadwick's work combines his global interests in sport, geography, politics, and economics, meaning that his current research is focused on, for example, ownership and sponsorship in football by state-owned corporations. He has worked extensively in sport with clubs, governing bodies, commercial partners, and governments. Paul Widdop is Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK. His research explores social and economic networks around the consumption and production of sport. He has published widely in the areas of sport and culture including articles in the Journal of Consumer Culture, Cultural Sociology, Cultural Trends, Electoral Studies, and the Journal of Political Marketing. Widdop serves on the editorial board of several academic journals and is co-founder of the Football Collective, a learned society of academics researching impacts of football on society. Michael M. Goldman is Professor with the Sport Management Program at the University of San Francisco, USA, while also working with the Gordon Institute of Business Science in South Africa. He works with students, managers, and clients to enhance their abilities to acquire, grow, and retain profitable customers and fans.

Contents:

Part I: Russia and Ukraine

Athletes' early responses to the war against Ukraine / Leo Goretti

Sport sanctions against invasive Russia / Daryl Adair

What future for Putin's sport power? / Lukas Aubin

Governance dysfunction in world sport: issues raised by the conflict in Ukraine / Sergey Altukhov

Public remembering of Sochi 2014 at a time of war: the Kremlin's soft

Disempowerment through sport / Vitaly Kazakov

Transnational leagues and their role in projecting soft power / Oliver Jarosz, Konstantin Kornakov, and Adam Metelski

Part II: China

The international paralympic committee, Beijing 2022 winter paralympic games and the invasion of the Ukraine Verity Postlethwaite

Israel's winter sports diplomacy and Beijing / Yoav Dubinsky

The global sporting power elite / Eileen Gu, Donna Wong and Yue Meng-Lewis

China's moves to influence the geopolitical economy of sports: the three axe strokes / Lingling Liu and Dan Zhang

Making of (not only) a sports superpower: the Chinese Dream / Abhishek Khajuria

Chinese super league: soft power, investment and sustainability / Ricardo Gúdel and Emilio Hernández

Doing sports business in China: still a slam dunk? / Jonathan Sullivan and Tobias Ross

Part III: the Gulf and South Asia

Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: soft power, state branding, or nation building? / Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

Geopolitics of sport in the MENA region / Mahfoud Amara and Sara Mehanna Al-Naimi

Sport and Saudi Arabia: mimetic isomorphism, soft power, and disempowerment / Nick Burton and Michael L. Naraine

Sport washing and the Gulf Region: myth or reality? / Simon Chadwick and Paul Widdop

Geopolitics of cricket in India / Mohit Anand

Part IV: Africa

Africa in the global football business complex / Gerald Akindes

The NBA's partnership with Rwanda / Michael M. Goldman and Jeffrey W. Paller

Part V: Football

The politics of alternative football: curious friends / Steve Menary

The conjunctural politics of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup: United 2026

Adam S. Beissel

The attempted reshaping of the Turkish football landscape under the AK party: a transaction cost economics explanation / Steven H. Seggie

Football and the city: a sports place branding perspective of Barcelona and Manchester / Xavier Ginesta and Carles Viñas

The European super league and football's privatisation / Alexey Kirichek

Part VI: motorsport

Sport governance, geopolitical change, and organizational resilience: the case of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) / Hans Erik Næss

The geopolitics of money versus morals: location, location, location of the Formula 1 race calendar / Tim Dewhirst

The end of oil: formula one's changing face / Josh Rayman

Part VII: peace, diplomacy and society

Sport, Geo-Politics and the peace process / Grant Jarvie

Sports diplomacy in the Pacific Region and the Sino-Australian great game / Stuart Murray and Tony Yang

Sports, race, and cosmopolitanism / J.P. Singh

Transgender sport bans come for elite sport: federations' new attempt to define womanhood / Sydney Bauer

Part VIII: implications

What the cases of gazprom, the NBA & Qatar mean for sport industry decision makers / Simon Chadwick and Paul Widdop.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from pdf title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed Jun 27, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Geopolitical economy of sport.

ISBN:

9781003348238

1003348238

9781000882285

1000882284

100088225X

9781000882254

Publisher Number:

40031891355

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