Sports mega-events : social scientific analyses of a global phenomenon
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Sports mega-events : social scientific analyses of a global phenomenon
（Sociological review monograph）
Blackwell, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This volume offers a distinctive and timely comparative analysis of the sociological, economic, and political significance of bids for, and the hosting of, sports mega-events throughout the world.
A collection by leading international scholars examining sports mega-events, such as the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.
Analyses the sociological, economic, and political significance of bids for, and the hosting of, sports mega-events.
Explores the costs and benefits incurred by host cities.
Focuses on both advanced and developing cities throughout Europe, Asia, North America, Australasia, and South Africa.
目次
Acknowledgements.
1. An introduction to the sociology of sports mega-events: John Horne (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Wolfram Manzenreiter (University of Vienna, Austria).
Part 1: Sports mega-events, modernity and capitalist economies.
2. Mega-events and modernity revisited: Maurice Roche (University of Sheffield, UK).
3. The Economic Impact of Major Sport Events: Chris Gratton, Simon Shibli, and Richard Coleman (Sport Industry Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, UK).
4. Urban entrepreneurship, corporate interests and sports mega-events: C. Michael Hall (University of Otago, New Zealand).
Part 2: The Glocal Politics of Sports Mega-events.
5. Underestimated costs and overestimated benefits? Comparing the outcomes of sports mega-events in Canada and Japan: David Whitson (University of Alberta, at Edmonton, Canada) and John Horne (University of Edinburgh).
6. Modernizing China in the Olympic spotlight: China's national identity and the 2008 Beijing Olympiad: Xin Xu (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan).
7. The 2010 Football World Cup as a political construct: the challenge of making good on an African promise: Scarlett Cornelissen (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) and Kamilla Swart (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa).
Part 3: Power, spectacle and the city.
8. UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal: The social construction of a sports mega- event and spectacle: Salome Marivoet (University of Coimbra, Portugal).
9. Sports spectacles, uniformities and the search for identity in late modern Japan: Wolfram Manzenreiter (Vienna University).
10. Deep play: Sports mega-events and urban social conditions in the U.S.A: Kimberly Schimmel (Kent State University, U.S.A.).
11. Olympic Urbanism and Olympic Villages: Planning strategies in olympic host cities, London 1908 - London 2012: Francesc Munoz (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain).
Notes on contributors.
Index.
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