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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799981903321

Autore

Forster John <1946, >

Titolo

The political economy of global sporting organisations / / John Forster and Nigel K.Ll. Pope

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-49815-2

1-134-49816-0

0-429-23400-7

0-203-59900-4

1-280-07794-8

9786610077946

0-203-50591-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; ; 61

Classificazione

76.10

Altri autori (Persone)

PopeNigel

Disciplina

338.4/7796

Soggetti

Sports administration - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Global sports organisations: ringmasters or alphabet boys?; A product of history: the creation and evolution of GSOs; The economic approach to sport; Sources of sport revenue; Going for gold: global sports events; Architectures of control: structure and process in the GSOs; For the good of the game: GSO opacity as public interest organisations; Getting on with the neighbours: the external relationships of GSOs; Yielding place to the new; Postscript; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

At the global level, sport is ruled by a set of organizations including giants such as the IOC (Olympics), FIFA (soccer), and the IAAF (athletics) as well as sporting minnows such as the World Armsport Federation (armwrestling). Many of these bodies have been surrounded by controversy during their histories, after having to adjust to the realities of commercial sport.This important book analyzes the evolution of modern sport, examining the ways in which sporting organisations have adapted over the years to accommodate changing environments. Themes covered in this impressive volume include: