Sports mega-events : social scientific analyses of a global phenomenon / edited by John Horne and Wolfram Manzenreiter.

• An introduction to the sociology of sports mega-events / John Horne, Wolfram Manzenreiter -- pt. 1. Sports mega-events, modernity and capitalist economies -- Mega-events and modernity revisited : globalization and the case of the Olympics / Maurice Roche -- The economic impact of major sports events : a review of ten events in the UK / Chris Gratton, Simon Shibli, Richard Coleman -- Urban entrepreneurship, corporate interests and sports mega-events : the thin policies of competitiveness within the hard outcomes of neoliberalism / C. Michael Hall -- pt. 2. The glocal politics of sports mega-events -- Underestimated costs and overestimated benefits? : comparing the outcomes of sports mega-events in Canada and Japan / David Whitson, John Horne -- Modernizing China in the Olympic spotlight : China's national identity and the 2008 Beijing Olympiad / Xin Xu -- The 2010 football World Cup as a political construct : the challenge of making good on an African promise / Scarlett Cornelissen, Kamilla Swart -- pt. 3. Sports mega-events, power, spectacle and the city -- UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal : the social construction of a sports mega-event and spectacle / Salomé Marivoet -- Sport spectacles, uniformities and the search for identity in late modern Japan / Wolfram Manzenreiter -- Deep play : sports mega-events and urban social conditions in the USA / Kimberly S. Schimmel -- Olympic urbanism and Olympic villages : planning strategies in Olympic host cities, London 1908 to London 2012 / Francesc Muñoz.

Ämnesord

Globalisering  (sao)

Idrottstävlingar  -- sociala aspekter (sao)

Sports tournaments  -- Social aspects -- Case studies. (LCSH)

Sports  -- Sociological aspects -- Case studies. (LCSH)

Tournois (Sports et jeux)  -- Aspect social -- Cas, Études de. (Vedettes-matière)

Sports  -- Aspect sociologique -- Cas, Études de. (Vedettes-matière)

Sports  -- sociological aspects (shbe)

Sports  -- economic aspects (shbe)

Globalization  (LCSH)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Rb:oa Idrott och sport: sociologi

Klassifikation

GV712 (LCC)

79 (UDK)

306.4/83 (DDC)

Rb:oa (kssb/8)