23 results (0,17377 seconds)

Show all filters

Brand

Merchant

Price (EUR)

Reset filter

Products
From
Shops

Capitalism Sport Mega Events and the Global South

Capitalism Sport Mega Events and the Global South

What are the social political and economic consequences of staging sport mega events such as the Olympics and the World Cup? Capitalism Sport Mega Events and the Global South presents a new approach to sport mega events and related issues exploring elements that are not present or are not developed in the existing literature. This book explores the socioeconomic impact of these events on host countries in the Global South. Drawing on a thorough case study of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil it examines how the residents of Porto Alegre perceived how they were affected and considers the relationship between sport mega events and the wider social sphere of global capitalism. Supported by original socioeconomic research conducted in the area this is fascinating reading for all students and scholars interested in sport mega events sport tourism international development sport geography and the sociology of sport.

GBP 38.99
1

Sport Media and Mega-Events

Sport Media and Mega-Events

Bringing together many of the most influential scholars in sport and media studies this book examines the diverse ways that media influences our understanding of the world’s most important sport events dubbed sports mega-events. It sheds new light on how these events have been changed by the media and have in turn adapted to media to further their brand’s cultural influence. Focusing on the central concept of mediatization – the permeation of media into all spheres of contemporary life – the book presents original case studies of major events including the Olympics FIFA rugby and cricket World Cups Tour de France Super Bowl World Series Monaco Grand Prix Wimbledon and many more. Written from a truly international perspective this is a seminal work in sport and media studies that reveals the growing political economic and cultural influences of sport mega-events in contemporary society. Sport Media and Mega-Events is an essential text for any course on the sociology of sport event management sport marketing or featuring a cultural communication or media studies approach to sport.

GBP 39.99
1

Socio-Cultural Mobility and Mega-Events Ethics and Aesthetics in Brazil’s 2014 World Cup

Socio-Cultural Mobility and Mega-Events Ethics and Aesthetics in Brazil’s 2014 World Cup

In June 2014 Brazil opened the twentieth FIFA World Cup with a spectacular ceremony. Hosting the World Cup was a strategic developmental priority for Brazil: mega-events such as these allow the country to be ranked amongst the world’s political and economic leaders and are supposed to propel the country to its own unique modernity. But alongside the increased media attention and publicity came accusations of governmental ‘corruption’ and overspending. In Socio-Cultural Mobility and Mega-Events Tzanelli uses Brazil’s 2014 World Cup to explore how mega-events articulate socio-cultural problems. Critically examining the aesthetics and ethics of mobilities in the mega-event this book explores these socio-cultural issues and controversies: the background of staging mega-events including the bidding process and the host’s expectations for returns; ceremonial staging and communications between artistic representations and national symbolism; the clear reaction mega-events almost always generate in national regional and global activist circles including accusations of overspending and human rights violations. This interdisciplinary study will appeal to scholars and students of the sociology of mobility sociology of globalisation cultural sociology social and anthropological theory as well as the sociology of sport human and cultural geography and leisure and tourism studies. | Socio-Cultural Mobility and Mega-Events Ethics and Aesthetics in Brazil’s 2014 World Cup

GBP 24.99
1

Mega-Events City and Power

Mega-Events City and Power

This book examines the power relations that emerge from the convergence of the universe in which the sporting spectacle is produced and the universe in which a city is produced. It adopts Bourdieu's concept of field to explore the interests and disputes involved in the production of sports mega-events across different times and spaces and the role of host cities in these processes. It aims to identify the bases that give these spectacles the power to produce disruptions in the social fabric of the host cities and countries and to enable the production of authoritarian forms of exercising power. By observing the historical constitution of the field of production of sport spectacle as an autonomous field this book explores how sport mega-events create both an arena and a context for radical expressions of authoritarianism of neoliberal planning models. It will be of interest to students scholars and professionals in architecture and urban studies urban planning municipal governance sport and leisure studies and those interested in the relationship between State and capital in the production of urban space. | Mega-Events City and Power

GBP 38.99
1

Cultural Mega-Events Opportunities and Risks for Heritage Cities

Cultural Mega-Events Opportunities and Risks for Heritage Cities

Mega-events have long been used by cities as a strategy to secure global recognition and attract future economic investment. However while cultural mega-events like the European Capital of Culture have become increasingly popular cities have begun questioning the traditional model of other events such as the Olympic Games with many candidate cities cancelling bids in recent years. This approach to planning and developing cities through mega-events introduces a broad range of physical effects and nuanced institutional changes for cities particularly for the more sensitive heritage areas of cities. This book explores these issues by first examining the dynamics of cities’ attempts to reduce overall costs and increase the sustainability of these large events by further embedding them within the existing fabric of the city and second by studying in depth the impact on the heritage of host cities. This book investigates three World Heritage Cities: Genoa Liverpool and Istanbul each of which have hosted the European Capital of Culture and introduced a variety of opportunities and risks for their heritage. The book highlights the potential benefits and challenges of integrating event and heritage planning to provide lessons that can help future historic cities and heritage decision makers better prepare for such events. | Cultural Mega-Events Opportunities and Risks for Heritage Cities

GBP 36.99
1

China's Quest for Sporting Mega-Events The Politics of International Bids

China's Quest for Sporting Mega-Events The Politics of International Bids

This book vividly elucidates the inseparable nature between politics and sport in China. The holding of sporting mega-events is viewed by the Chinese authorities as a prominent way to push forward the Reform and Opening up arouse the patriotism among the public and display national resurgence in the world. Chinese cities thus have keenly quested for the Olympics the Asian Games and the World University Games since the 1980s. Theoretically the President the Premier and the central government should provide all-out support so boosting the Chinese cities’ odds of success. The reality yet shows that their attitude towards the bids vary from case to case. Through reviewing the 20 bidding cases this book aims to demystify the reasons behind. The findings provide an in-depth account of (1) how domestic and international political factors determine the state leaders’ blessing and silence as well as the central government’s backing indifference and opposition and (2) how the bids for the sporting mega-events are used to serve the broader political goals of the Chinese authorities at home and abroad. Additionally they shed light on the political strategies to boost the Chinese cities’ chance of success and the political reasons for their win loss and discontinuation in the bidding contests. The book will be a valuable resource for researches interested in the domestic politics and international relations of China. | China's Quest for Sporting Mega-Events The Politics of International Bids

GBP 38.99
1

China’s Greater Bay Area Agglomeration External Economies Governance and Urbanization

China’s Greater Bay Area Agglomeration External Economies Governance and Urbanization

China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) – previously referred to as the Pearl River Delta – is one of the world’s largest mega-city regions and China’s foremost technological economic social and cultural node. Patchell integrates agglomeration concepts with the GBA’s distinctive features to explain the region’s rise innovativeness and resilience. He reveals how the GBA works as differentiated and interdependent systems providing a window into the GBA and China while also providing the basis for a comparative approach to mega-cities and mega-regions. Key topics discussed in the book include: The early development of the GBA its mix of indigenous and exogenous investments and expertise and the forces that compelled its upgrading from process manufacturing The regional strengths in clusters transportation networks and regional innovation system The role of multi-level governance in balancing national directives municipal autonomy and regional complementarities Consequences of the GBA’s agglomeration for land allocation planning social structure and mobility communities sustainable development and resilience for the future Written in an accessible yet rigorous manner this textbook is ideal for a course on this important region for comparative courses on agglomeration and large-scale urban development and for people wanting a greater understanding of urban processes and China. | China’s Greater Bay Area Agglomeration External Economies Governance and Urbanization

GBP 34.99
1

Policing the 2012 London Olympics Legacy and Social Exclusion

Policing the 2012 London Olympics Legacy and Social Exclusion

The summer Olympic Games are renowned for producing the world’s biggest single-city cultural event. While the Olympics and other sport mega-events have received growing levels of academic investigation from a variety of disciplinary approaches relatively little is known about how such occasions are experienced directly by local host communities and publics. This ethnography examines the everyday policing of the London Borough of Newham in relation to the London 2012 Olympics. It explains how police defined monitored prioritized contained and investigated ‘Olympic-related’ crime and how ‘Olympic-related’ policing connected to the policing of Newham. The authors examine how the threat of terrorism impacted on the everyday policing of the 2012 Olympics as well as the exaggeration of other threats to the Games – such as youth gangs – for political reasons. The book also explores local resistance to Olympic policing and the legacy of the Games with regard to policing local housing demographics and social exclusion. Discussing the lessons that can be learned for the future staging of sporting mega-events this book will appeal to scholars and students with interests in sport policing crime and criminology mega-events event management urban studies global studies and sociology. | Policing the 2012 London Olympics Legacy and Social Exclusion

GBP 39.99
1

Development Banks and Sustainability in the Andean Amazon

Development Banks and Sustainability in the Andean Amazon

This book explores what development banks governments and communities have learned in the last decade of careful negotiation between social and environmental protections in the Andean Amazon and the pressures of a surging infrastructure and development boom. While mega-dams highways and ports are filling up the pipelines of planners the national governments of Andean and Amazon-basin countries and major development banks have enacted ambitious social and environmental protections. The book traces the development of social and environmental protections after years of struggle by affected communities going beyond official policies to discover how these reforms work in practice and ultimately whether they are enough to stem the risks of infrastructure mega-projects. As Chinese public banks play an increasingly important role in the region the book also demonstrates that there is a risk of governments undercutting their own standards. By contrast this book shows that making infrastructure work for everyone involved requires mutually reinforcing networks of support and accountability among communities governments and development banks. This book led by an expert multi-disciplinary international team will be of considerable interest to researchers in the fields of development and development economics geography anthropology and ecology as well as practitioners in development banks and in government regulatory and foreign aid agencies. | Development Banks and Sustainability in the Andean Amazon

GBP 38.99
1

Sport Statehood and Transition in Europe Comparative perspectives from post-Soviet and post-socialist societies

Sport Statehood and Transition in Europe Comparative perspectives from post-Soviet and post-socialist societies

This book examines the political significance of sport and its importance for nation-state building and political and economic transition across thirteen post-Soviet and post-socialist countries primarily located in Eastern Europe. Adopting a critical case-study approach building on historical and comparative frameworks the book uses sport as a symbolic lens through which to examine the transition of Eastern European countries to the Western capitalist system. Covering a wide geographical area from Poland to the Caucuses and Turkmenistan it explores key themes such as nationalism governance power relations political ideology separatism commercialisation and economic development and the symbolic value of mega-events. Sport Statehood and Transition in Europe is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport policy the politics of sport or political science. | Sport Statehood and Transition in Europe Comparative perspectives from post-Soviet and post-socialist societies

GBP 38.99
1

Current Issues in Asian Tourism: Volume II

Current Issues in Asian Tourism: Volume II

Current Issues in Asian Tourism: Volume II draws together a collection of papers from Current Issues in Asian Tourism (CIAT). CIAT was launched by the editors of Current Issues in Tourism in response to the growing number of papers about tourism in Asia received by the journal and the increasing number of authors from Asian countries. This volume focuses on three aspects of Asian tourism. Firstly the section on marketing consumption and demand for Asian tourism includes papers on mega events creative experiences World Heritage Sites and pollution. Secondly a group of papers focus on sustainable Asian tourism destinations including papers on investment climate change energy and local food. Finally there are two chapters on Asian tourism research methods including the use of photography and qualitative methods. The papers in this book were originally published in Current Issues in Asian Tourism.

GBP 38.99
1

Regional Development and Planning for the 21st Century New Priorities New Philosophies

Regional Development and Planning for the 21st Century New Priorities New Philosophies

Regional Development and Planning for the 21st Century examines a number of related themes including: the traditional approach of local and regional planning initiatives developed within the context of national goals; the current decline of bi-polar political and ideological blocs; political decentralization and concurrent economic centralization including the growth of multi-national corporations; devolution of centralized planning powers to regions and localities and the rise and acceptance of sustainable development concepts. The book is divided into five parts addressing: 1 - adjustments to political economic and social change; 2 the problems of urban housing and housing and health; 3 - adjustments to environmental change development policies and sustainability; 4 - the problem of rapid urban growth and mega cities; 5 - adjustments of changing urban networks. The contributors are from several countries worldwide and the chapters examine the issues at a global level. | Regional Development and Planning for the 21st Century New Priorities New Philosophies

GBP 24.99
1

Sports Economics for Non-Economists

Sports Economics for Non-Economists

This book cuts through the jargon and complicated formulae to focus on the key concepts in sports economics introducing the fundamentals in a concise and engaging way to give the reader without a background in economics the tools with which to read and apply sports economics in their work. Full of real-world cases and stories the book offers a short economic history of sport and explains the economic foundations of the world of sport today from local leagues to mega-events. Covering both amateur and professional sports it explores and explains the most important issues in contemporary sports economics from player transfer markets and the rise of women’s sports to the spending behaviour of fans and the growing shadow of corruption. A fascinating read for any student researcher or practitioner working in sport or for the general reader who wants to understand the background to many of the most important stories in sport today this is the only book on sports economics that you will ever need. | Sports Economics for Non-Economists

GBP 35.99
1

The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative From Asia to Europe

The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative From Asia to Europe

This book merges macro- and micro-level analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to dissect China’s aim in creating an integrated Eurasian continent through this single mega-project. BRI has been the source of much interest and confusion as established frameworks of analysis seek to understand China’s intentions behind the policy. China’s international activity in the early 21st century has not yet been successfully theorised by IR scholars because of a failure to satisfactorily encompass its complexity. In addition the mix-and-match syncretism of the Chinese approach to foreign policy has been under-emphasised or omitted in many analyses. Bringing together complexity thinking and analytic eclecticism to assess the degree to which this scheme can transform international relations Garlick critically examines this large-scale interconnectivity project and its potential impacts. The book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the field of international relations and China studies including academics policy-makers and diplomats around the world. | The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative From Asia to Europe

GBP 38.99
1

Brazilian Mobilities

Brazilian Mobilities

Brazilian Mobilities presents an overview of the diversity of mobility studies developed in Brazil. It builds a picture of a strong Latin-American perspective emerging in the field of mobilities research which provides unique insight into the complex dynamics of mobilities in the emerging countries from the Global South. Addressing such different areas as tourism urbanization media studies social inequalities marketing and mega-events transport and technology among others the contributors use the new mobilities paradigm or NMP (Sheller & Urry 2006) as a starting point to reflect about the social changes experienced in the country and they also engage with newer literature on mobilities including work done by Brazilian and Latin-American authors depending on the subject of each individual chapter. Illustrating to scholars the uniqueness and complexity of the Brazilian social-political and economic context the book was organized in order to be a representative sample of the studies carried out in Brazil as well as to contribute to other academic investigations on (im)mobilities and different social realities in emerging countries.

GBP 38.99
1

Olympic Television Broadcasting the Biggest Show on Earth

Olympic Television Broadcasting the Biggest Show on Earth

As the Olympic spectacle grows broadcast coverage becomes bigger more complex and more sophisticated. Part sporting event part reality show and part global festival the Olympics can be seen as both intensely nationalistic and a celebration of a shared sense of international community. This book sheds new light on how the Olympic experience has been shaped by television and expanded across multiple platforms and formats. Combining a multitude of approaches ranging from interviews to content analyses to audience surveys the book explores the production influence and significance of Olympic media in contemporary society. Built on a central case study of NBC’s coverage of the Rio Games in 2016 which is then placed within 20 years of content analyses the book focuses on the entire Olympic television process from production to content to effects. Touching on key themes such as race gender history consumerism identity nationalism and storytelling Olympic Television: Broadcasting the Biggest Show on Earth is fascinating reading for any student or scholar with an interest in sport media and the global impact of mega-events. | Olympic Television Broadcasting the Biggest Show on Earth

GBP 35.99
1

Sustainability-oriented Innovation Systems in China and India

Sustainability-oriented Innovation Systems in China and India

Global economic growth recently fuelled by Asia’s emerging economies has greatly accelerated the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and boosted demand for scarce natural resources including energy food and mineral raw materials. These developments are pushing the planet close to its ecological boundaries. Transforming the world economy towards sustainability while ensuring decent levels of resource use for all global citizens is the greatest challenge of our time. This book explores how innovation systems need to be adapted to successfully confront these challenges. The first chapter introduces the concept of sustainability-oriented innovation systems which highlights the systematic differences between systems that have developed along current resource-intensive technological trajectories and those that address the impending environmental mega-problems. The subsequent articles present case studies of sustainability-oriented innovations in a number of policy areas including energy efficiency electric mobility and generation of renewable energy in China and India. These case studies confirm the specificities of innovation systems geared towards a green techno-economic paradigm. This book was originally published as a special issue of Innovation and Development. | Sustainability-oriented Innovation Systems in China and India

GBP 38.99
1

Smaller Cities in a World of Competitiveness

Smaller Cities in a World of Competitiveness

Much recent research in Urban Studies has concentrated on the notion of the ‘global city’ but discussion has also covered a larger set of mega cities with populations in excess of 10 million. This analysis has begged the question of the optimal size for a city – is larger always better? Smaller Cities explores the advantages and disadvantages of different sized cities trying to determine their place in the global economy and hierarchy. How can smaller cities gain or retain their competitiveness in a world of large cities? In a globalized world the nation has perhaps been diminished as an economic actor with fiscal shortcomings and political gridlock leaving cities more or less on their own in the task of enhancing their competitiveness and improving the economic lives of their residents. This book argues that smaller cities of varying population can be important actors in competitiveness and aims to bring attention to an area often overlooked by researchers. In short are Pittsburgh San Diego and Austin less competitive than London and Mumbai?This volume will be of interest to students researchers and city professionals who work in urban economy and urban geography. | Smaller Cities in a World of Competitiveness

GBP 38.99
1

The Rugby World in the Professional Era

The Rugby World in the Professional Era

Twenty years of professionalism has seen rugby union undergo dramatic transformations from changes to everyday training cultures to the growth of the Rugby World Cup into one of the largest global sporting events. The Rugby World in the Professional Era is the first book to examine the effect that professionalism has had across a number of different aspects of the game and the wider socio-cultural significance of these changes through case studies from across the globe. Drawing on contributions from scholars from across the rugby-playing world the book explores the role of rugby's professionalisation through a number of social-scientific lenses including: labour migration race and indigenous populations the globalisation of the game mega-event management male sexualities media representations of rugby - from broadcasting matches to rugby in museums and on stage and screen Offering insights into under-researched areas of the sport such as the growth of Rugby Sevens into an Olympic sport and providing the most up-to-date recent history of the sport available The Rugby World in the Professional Era is essential reading for anyone with an academic interest in rugby and any student or scholar with interests in sports history sports sociology sport management or the economics of professional sport.

GBP 39.99
1

India in the Second Space Age of Interplanetary Connectivity

India in the Second Space Age of Interplanetary Connectivity

This volume discusses the emergence of space exploration as a new pivot of the global space economy in the decade of 2020s. Space exploration and human spaceflight will soon become vital strategic initiatives in the imminent second space age evolving from scientific pursuits to mega-economic projects. As the scope of international cooperation in space forays into soft science diplomacy the second space age opens opportunities for India to mount its space program as an ambitious yet conscientious proficient and cordial player in the global space economy. This book — Explores imminent trends in space exploration and interplanetary connectivity plans their returns to the global economy of the future and impact on the global astropolitical order; — Analyses the techno-economic significance of India’s space exploration by reviewing the legal ethical and philosophical challenges; the limits of global space exploration policies; and the economic lacunae for the astropolitical gains; — Examines the transformational trio of Chandrayaan Mangalyaan and Gaganyaan; dawn of the second space age; interplanetary connectivity projects; besides discussing the viability of humans becoming an interplanetary species. Part of The Gateway House Guide to India in the 2020s series this topical volume will be useful for scholars and researchers of international relations geopolitics foreign policy space policy South Asian studies strategic studies and international trade. | India in the Second Space Age of Interplanetary Connectivity

GBP 18.99
1

Sport and Protest Global Perspectives

Sport and Protest Global Perspectives

Sporting mega-events habitually spawn protests from local groups discommoded by the building of new infrastructure environmental lobbies contesting the long-term legacies of such events and expressions of outrage at the expenditure of public funds on events often restricted to an elite selection of participants and spectators. Are these protest movements ever successful in preventing sporting events from taking place or in modifying their nature or even in drawing attention to social issues? Or are they inevitably destined to be ignored in the popular fervour and financial windfall that accompanies such events? Similarly sporting events have occasionally been the site of iconic moments of political protest. Tommie Smith’s and John Carlos’ ‘Black Power’ salute at the Mexico Olympics in 1968 for example remains one of the abiding symbols of resistance to oppression expressed in a sporting context. What is it about sport that lends itself to these kinds of protests? Are these protests effective in accelerating change in society or does the sporting context ultimately serve to trivialize important social issues? Here we endeavour to respond to some of these questions and thereby illuminate the evolving political economic environmental and cultural implications of sport in society. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in The International Journal of The History of Sport. | Sport and Protest Global Perspectives

GBP 38.99
1

A Leader’s Guide to Storytelling Restoring Authentic Communication in a World of Change

A Leader’s Guide to Storytelling Restoring Authentic Communication in a World of Change

Part manual part memoir and part call to action this book demonstrates why the core skill needed by leaders in the next decade and into the future will be authentic and effective communication. Communications based on character integrity and values will be critical in helping leaders navigate the two mega trends of accelerated technological change and increasing demands for social change. This book is the first to marry practical advice on deepening communication skills with insight from a coaching and cognitive point of view into what techniques works and why and to pull together the wider societal issues and the operating context for leaders. Counter-intuitive and written to provoke thought and awareness the author looks at the psychological and emotional effects of our communications and what leaders can do to inspire and engage guiding them through three sections: • A framework for effective communications • A toolkit detailing what good looks like in practical situations • The authentic leader an exploration of the changing communications landscape and why a different kind of leadership is needed C-suite executives leaders about to take that last step into the C-suite or millennial leaders about to enter the boardroom will value this book as an advisory guide as a handbook to be used in internal coaching and training sessions and as a manual and aide memoir for themselves. | A Leader’s Guide to Storytelling Restoring Authentic Communication in a World of Change

GBP 35.99
1

Music Festivals in the UK Beyond the Carnivalesque

Music Festivals in the UK Beyond the Carnivalesque

The outdoor music festival market has developed and commercialised significantly since the mid-1990s and is now a mainstream part of the British summertime leisure experience. The overall number of outdoor music festivals staged in the UK doubled between 2005 and 2011 to reach a peak of over 500 events. UK Music (2016) estimates that the sector attracts over 3. 7 million attendances each year and that music tourism as a whole sustains nearly 40 000 full-time jobs. Music Festivals in the UK is the first extended investigation into this commercialised rock and pop festival sector and examines events of all sizes: from mega-events such as Glastonbury Festival V Festival and the Reading and Leeds Festivals to ‘boutique’ events with maximum attendances as small as 250. In the past research into festivals has typically focused either on their carnivalesque heritage or on developing managerial tools for the field of Events Management. Anderton moves beyond such perspectives to propose new ways of understanding and theorising the cultural social and geographic importance of outdoor music festivals. He argues that changes in the sector since the mid-1990s such as professionalisation corporatisation mediatisation regulatory control and sponsorship/branding should not necessarily be regarded as a process of transgressive 'alternative culture’ being co-opted by commercial concerns; instead such changes represent a reconfiguration of the sector in line with changes in society and a broadening of the forms and meanings that may be associated with outdoor music events. | Music Festivals in the UK Beyond the Carnivalesque

GBP 36.99
1