Globalization and Sport

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4051-6269-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 279 g

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Giulianotti, Richard

Robertson, Roland

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Sport and Globalization: Transnational Dimensions: Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson.
2. Not Playing Around: Global Capitalism, Modern Sport and Consumer Culture: Barry Smart.

3. The Grobal in the Sporting Glocal: David L. Andrews and George Ritzer.

4. Steps to an Ecology of Transnational Sports: Thomas Hylland Eriksen.

5. Recovering the Social: Globalization, Football and Transnationalism: Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson.

6. Is Baseball a Global Sport? America’s ‘National Pastime’ as Global Field and International Sport: William W. Kelly.

7. More Than a Game: Globalization and the Post-Westernization of World Cricket: Chris Rumford.

8. Imagined Communities in the Global Game: Soccer and the Development of Dutch National Identity: Frank J. Lechner.

9. The Global Footballer and the Local War-Zone: George Weah and Transnational Networks in Liberia, West Africa: Gary Armstrong

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Giulianotti is Professor of Sociology at Durham University.
Roland Robertson is Professor of Sociology and Global Society at the University of Aberdeen.