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Globalization and sport : playing the world / Toby Miller, ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Toby.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports and globalization.
- Sports--Sociological aspects.
- Sports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([vii], 160 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London : SAGE, 2001.
- London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The authors argue that whilst sport plays an important role in the process of globalisation and generates wealth, typically commodification, bureaucratisation and ideology are fundamental to the organisation of sporting cultures around the world.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Why This Book?; Chapter 1 - The 'G-Word' Meets the 'S-Word'; Chapter 2 - National Symbolism and the Global Exchange of Sporting Bodies; Chapter 3 - Sports Media sans Frontières; Chapter 4 - Citizens of the World: The Governance of Sport; Conclusion - Global Sport and Cultural Labour; Glossary; References; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781446232910
- 1446232913
- 9781283880527
- 1283880520
- 9781446265017
- 1446265013
- 9780761959687
- 0761959688
- OCLC:
- 823384407
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