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Contemporary cases in sport Volume 1 / edited by Brian Garrod, Alan Fyall.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary Cases
- Contemporary Cases ; v.Volume 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Case studies.
- Sports.
- Tourism--Case studies.
- Tourism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Woodeaton, Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines 12 international cases under the sections of policy and politics, impacts and legacy, and identity and experiences. Cases include: economics, corporate social responsibility, leveraging benefits, resident impacts of sports events, sport and visitor behaviour and nostalgia and sport, and more.
- Contents:
- 1; The Case Study Approach; Academic Pariah or Wrongly Maligned?; Brian Garrod and Alan Fyall; 2; Writing Case Studies; Reaction and Reflection, Rigour and Relevance; Alan Fyall and Brian Garrod; SECTION ONE; SPORT, POLICY and DEVELOPMENT; 3; Ultra-marathons and Tourism Development; The Canadian Death Race in Grande Cache, Alberta; Tom Hinch; 4; More than a Game; Corporate Social Responsibility in Professional Football; Tim Breitbarth; SECTION TWO; IMPACTS and LEGACY; 5; The Economics, Economic Impacts and Wider Legacies of Sports Mega-Events; The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
- Xi Wang and ShiNa Li6; Resident Impacts of Sport Events; Leo Jago, Margaret Deery and Liz Fredline; 7; Cultural Programmes for Sporting Mega-Events; London 2012 - A Case Study; Nancy Stevenson; SECTION THREE; IDENTITY and EXPERIENCES; 8; Active Sports Tourism; Active Sports Tourists Competing in the 2011 MBNA Chester Marathon; Amanda Miller; 9; Sporting Identities in Youth; Examining Mountain Biking Lifestyles; Katherine King; 10; Nostalgia and Sport; Sean Gammon and Gregory Ramshaw; 11; Personal Mobility and Professional Movements; Monitoring the Motives of Modern Sports Migrants
- Richard Keith WrightAbbreviations; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781299442146
- 1299442145
- 9781908999221
- 1908999225
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