05190nam 22006974a 450 991045826680332120200520144314.01-134-52728-41-281-15752-X97866111575240-203-09899-4(CKB)1000000000403988(EBL)308669(OCoLC)191912929(SSID)ssj0000225205(PQKBManifestationID)11187077(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225205(PQKBWorkID)10230324(PQKB)10989401(MiAaPQ)EBC308669(Au-PeEL)EBL308669(CaPaEBR)ebr10227199(CaONFJC)MIL115752(EXLCZ)99100000000040398820040920d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPower and global sport[electronic resource] zones of prestige, emulation and resistance /Joseph MaguireLondon ;New York Routledge20051 online resource (466 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-25279-2 0-415-25280-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-190) and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Globalisation, power, and established-outsider relations; Civilisational encounters and global processes; Final remarks; Part I Local-global nexus; 1 'Making touchdowns and hoop dreams'; Transnational corporations, global sport and cultural identities; Theorising the local-global sports nexus; From touchdowns to hoop dreams: US sports in the UK market; Sports space: the NFL and NBA within the UK; Changing conjunctural dynamics: from enterprise culture to 'coolBritannia'?; Contested 'space' in the commercial sports marketThe peripheral sports space of basketball'Race', basketball and local-global consumption; Conclusion; 2 'Back to the Valley'; Sport, the city and globalisation; Topophilia and the football stadium; Leaving the Valley; The beginning of fan activism (1986-1988); Re-purchase of the Valley: decision time (1988-1989); Planning permission refused: political activism during 1990; Permission granted: the final hurdles (1991-1992); Return to the Valley (December 1992); Conclusion; Part II Lived experiences; 3 'Cricketers of the empire'; Sport labour migration research revisitedCricket, cash crops, mercenaries and emancipationThe development of labour migration in English county cricket; The structure of international labour migration in English county cricket; Host and donor country attitudes to migration into county cricket; The motivations and experience of migrant players; Migration and English county cricket in the twenty-first century; Conclusion; 4 'In league together'?; Sport, the media, and global cultural flows; Australia: the background to the creation of European Super League; Plans, negotiations and unintended outcomesPhase one: April 1995 - shock, horror and resistancePhase two: May-October 1995 - adaptation and consolidation; Phase three: November 1995-October 1996 - honeymoon over; Phase four: October 1996-May 1997 - hope and revival; Phase five: June-December 1997 - defeat, despair and receivership; Phase six: January 1998 - another new beginning?; Conclusion; Part III Identity politics; 5 'A world in union'?; National identity and issues of habitus; Sport, identity politics and national habitus codes; Rugby union, national identity and Ireland; History and tradition in Irish rugbyRugby, Irish identity politics, and the representatives of the nationNational symbols, flags, and anthems; National stereotyping and playing styles; Conclusion; 6 'Not the Germans again'; Anglo-German identity politics, habitus codes and 'national character'; Old scores, new games: 'them' versus 'us'; 'Sweet revenge': exorcising national habitus memories; The war of the words revisited; Who mentioned the war?; What the English victory meant, and revealed; Conclusion; Part IV Sporting futures; 7 'Civilised Games'?; The Olympics, the media, politics and identitiesUS media and political reaction to the Beijing bid for the 2008 Olympic GamesSport has changed. Traditional boundaries are dissolving as a result of new global conditions. Maguire and his co-authors examine the changes, investigating the power relations that shape sport and providing an example of globalisation at work.Sports and stateCross-cultural studiesNationalism and sportsCross-cultural studiesSports and globalizationCross-cultural studiesElectronic books.Sports and stateNationalism and sportsSports and globalization79676.11bclMaguire Joseph A.1956-964700MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458266803321Power and global sport2188811UNINA