Globalization and Sport - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405162694 ISBN 13: 9781405162692

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

Synopsis

Globalization and Sport is a unique collection which places sport at the heart of debates on global processes. * Features major critical interventions by some of the world's leading sociologists and anthropologists on the subject of sport * Contributors include George Ritzer, David Andrews, Frank Lechner, William Kelly, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Barry Smart, Paul James, Chris Rumford and Gary Armstrong * Provides a mixture of original theories and fresh research material, examining sport in a diversity of settings, including Europe, the Americas, Australasia, Africa and Asia * Essential reading for anyone interested in globalization processes or sport

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Review:

"The most intriguing parts of the book are where historical details of specific sports--cricket, soccer, Gaelic football, hurling, speed skating, baseball--are offered as evidence for the essayists' arguments on how the local interacts with outside forces, whether protecting, mimicking or influencing." (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, May 2009)

From the Back Cover:

Globalization and Sport is a unique collection which places sport at the heart of debates on global processes. The book is the first of its kind to feature major critical interventions by some of the world's leading social scientists on the subject of sport. The collection contains articles by Roland Robertson and Richard Giulianotti, George Ritzer and David Andrews, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, William Kelly, Barry Smart, Frank Lechner, Chris Rumford, and Gary Armstrong.

The chapters provide a mixture of original theories and fresh research material, examining sport in a diversity of settings, including Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australasia.

The book will be essential reading for anyone interested in globalization processes or sport. It will appeal to students and academics across disciplines, notably in sociology, anthropology, sport studies, cultural studies, political science, and international relations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1405162694
• ISBN 13: 9781405162692
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 154
• Editor: Giulianotti Richard