| Author | : J. Nauright |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 229 |
| Release | : 2005-09-27 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0230524052 |
Sport studies has become one of the largest and fastest growing international industries. This collection of essays from a range of international contributors analyzes all aspects of the political economy of this industry, including media sports production, urban growth politics and capital accumulation and the economic effects of Olympism.
| Author | : T. Evens |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2013-08-27 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1137360348 |
Sport on television is big business, but it is about more than just commerce. Using a range of national case studies from Europe and beyond, this book analyses the political, economic, social and regulatory issues raised in relation to the buying and selling of television sports rights.
| Author | : Paul Close |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 267 |
| Release | : 2006-12-05 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 113424889X |
The stage is set for the Beijing Olympiad to be the greatest mega-event, sporting or otherwise, in history. Still, the issues taxing many minds include whether the Beijing Games will be successful; whether they will be wrought with and wrecked by troubles; and who they will benefit. What value will the 2008 Games be to the people of China? Will they mainly serve the purposes of the dominant political, economic and cultural groups at and between the local, regional and global levels of modern social life? The Beijing Olympiad examines these among other questions, providing a range of original insights of interest to an array of scholars, researchers and students from Sports Studies to Sociology, Politics, Economics, International Relations and Legal Studies.
| Author | : Charles Andrew Santo |
| Publisher | : Human Kinetics Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 267 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780736058711 |
Sports figures, events and organisations affect our society in vast, varied and sometimes unexpected ways. This title tackles some of the most compelling connections between the sports world and public policy. It begins by examining issues related to professional sports. It also explores amateur sports and public health.
| Author | : S. Szymanski |
| Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010-03-31 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780230232242 |
Starting with a major survey of the economics of sport, this volume involves primarily a comparison of the European and American models of sport, how to restructure leagues to make them more competitive, the analysis of gate-sharing mechanisms, the economic impact of promotion and relegation and a comparison of broadcasting regimes.
| Author | : Ben Carrington |
| Publisher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 214 |
| Release | : 2010-08-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1849204292 |
Written by one of the leading international authorities on the sociology of race and sport, this is the first book to address sport′s role in ′the making of race′, the place of sport within black diasporic struggles for freedom and equality, and the contested location of sport in relation to the politics of recognition within contemporary multicultural societies. Race, Sport and Politics shows how, during the first decades of the twentieth century, the idea of ′the natural black athlete′ was invented in order to make sense of and curtail the political impact and cultural achievements of black sportswomen and men. More recently, ′the black athlete′ as sign has become a highly commodified object within contemporary hyper-commercialized sports-media culture thus limiting the transformative potential of critically conscious black athleticism to re-imagine what it means to be both black and human in the twenty-first century. Race, Sport and Politics will be of interest to students and scholars in sociology of culture and sport, the sociology of race and diaspora studies, postcolonial theory, cultural theory and cultural studies.
| Author | : Grant Jarvie |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 101 |
| Release | : 2014-04-24 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1317680928 |
In recent years the interest in the patterns and policies of South African sport has grown. This book examines the increasingly complex issue of race, class and sport in the context of South African social relations. The author disputes evaluations made purely on the question of race, maintaining that it is important to examine the complex interaction between racial and class dynamics as a background for understanding the South African way of life. The book demonstrates that sport must be understood in the context of the ensemble of social relations characterizing the South African social formation.
| Author | : William M. Kunz |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 175 |
| Release | : 2020-04-23 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 1000060446 |
Drawing from theories of the political economy of communication, this book offers readers a comprehensive data-rich assessment of contemporary sports television and its evolution. Providing an in-depth look at the ownership and regulation of sports television in the United States, William M. Kunz analyzes a range of platforms, networks, and sports, with particular focus on the way ownership has become concentrated in five conglomerates: AT&T, CBS, Comcast, Disney and Fox. The end result of years of media consolidation is that broadcast networks are now married to cable and streaming services under a single conglomerate, which has implications for the cost of contracts and the negotiation of distribution deals. Examining multiple platforms, networks and sports in an all-inclusive manner, this volume documents the evolution and current state of affairs of sports television. With historic and current data on rights fees for sports television leagues and events as well as carriage fees and subscription levels for sports-related cable and satellite services, this comparative study offers critical information for students and scholars conducting research on sports television.
| Author | : Jean-Francois Bourg |
| Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 267 |
| Release | : 2010-01-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1849807833 |
This timely book offers a critical interpretation of the traditional social and economic accounts of sport. It provides an incisive analysis of professional sport and defines alternative foundations to the present model. The authors demonstrate that professional sport is an extremely complex phenomenon encompassing many unique factors depending on its global reach, financing and organization. In particular they address three significant issues: • an analysis of the relationship between sport and economic development in order to explain the place of professional sport in modern societies • a study of the main difficulties facing the organization of professional sports in terms of financing, collective bargaining and the consequences of revenue sharing for competitive balance • an exploration of alternatives to current governance structures which would involve a return to professional ethics. This insightful and topical book is essential for academics and students of sport management, researchers of the economics of sport, managers of clubs and federations involved in professional sports, as well as civil servants and journalists.
