Global sports policy / Catherine Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Catherine (Social scientist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages)

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is much more than a simple comparison of sports policy across the world. Instead, Palmer uniquely brings sport policy into a global context, offering a fresh understanding of how the impacts of globalization affect practices within global sports policy.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE - KEY DEBATES IN GLOBALIZATION AND SPORTS POLICY; 1 GLOBALIZATION, SPORT AND POLICY; 2 THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL IN SPORTS POLICY; 3 GLOBALIZATION AND THE GOVERNANCE OF SPORTS POLICY; 4 NETWORK POLICY -NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND GLOBAL SPORTS POLICY; 5 SOCIAL THEORY, GLOBALIZATION AND SPORTS POLICY IN A RISK SOCIETY; PART TWO - GLOBALIZATION AND SPORTING MEGA-EVENTS; 6 GLOBALIZATION, SPORTS POLICY AND SPORTING MEGA-EVENTS; 7 SAFETY, SECURITY AND THE POLICING OF SPORTING MEGA-EVENTS

8 MEGA-EVENTS, SPORTS POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS9 MEGA-EVENTS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY; 10 REFLECTIONS ON GLOBAL SPORTS POLICY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 17, 2014).

ISBN:

9781473914735

1473914736

9781849205177

1849205175

9781446271667

1446271668

OCLC:

879576471