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9780230295476

Sport Politics An Introduction

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230295476

  • ISBN10:

    0230295479

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2015-11-17
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury

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Summary

A comprehensive and lively introduction to the politics of sport. Introducing the key areas of the subject, it examines how governments around the world have increasingly invested in, promoted and used sport as part of their political agenda.

Author Biography

Jonathan Grix is Senior Lecturer in Sport Politics and Policy at Birmingham University. He is also author of The Foundations of Research and co-author of Information Skills, both in the Palgrave Study Skills series.

Table of Contents

1. The Politics of Sport
2. Sport and the State in History
3. Sport and National Identity
4. The Media and Sport
5. The Political Economy of Sport
6. Sport and Social Capital
7. The Politics of Performance Sport
8. Sport and Diplomacy
9. Globalization and Sport
10. The Politics of the Olympics

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