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245 00 a| Sports mega-events :b| social scientific analyses of a global phenomenon /c| edited by John Horne and Wolfram Manzenreiter.;

260 a| Malden, MA :b| Blackwell Pub./Sociological Review,c| 2006.;

300 a| 199 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| The Sociological review monographs;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

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

Other author	Horne, John, 1955-
Other author	Manzenreiter, Wolfram.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub./Sociological Review, 2006.
Description	199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subjects	Sports tournaments--Social aspects. --Case studies. Sports--Sociological aspects. --Case studies.

Series	The Sociological review monographs Sociological review monograph. ^A512623
Contents	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.
Local note	Little-352957--305131031162Q
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2006019738
ISBN	1405152907 (pbk.)
ISBN	9781405152907 (pbk.)
ISBN	9781405152907

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