LEADER 05157nam 22006854a 450 001 9910784866203321 005 20230617010649.0 010 $a1-134-52728-4 010 $a1-281-15752-X 010 $a9786611157524 010 $a0-203-09899-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403988 035 $a(EBL)308669 035 $a(OCoLC)191912929 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000225205 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187077 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225205 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10230324 035 $a(PQKB)10989401 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC308669 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL308669 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10227199 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL115752 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403988 100 $a20040920d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPower and global sport$b[electronic resource] $ezones of prestige, emulation and resistance /$fJoseph Maguire 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (466 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-25279-2 311 $a0-415-25280-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-190) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 market 327 $aThe 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 revisited 327 $aCricket, 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 outcomes 327 $aPhase 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 rugby 327 $aRugby, 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 identities 327 $aUS media and political reaction to the Beijing bid for the 2008 Olympic Games 330 $aSport 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. 606 $aSports and state$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aNationalism and sports$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aSports and globalization$vCross-cultural studies 615 0$aSports and state 615 0$aNationalism and sports 615 0$aSports and globalization 676 $a796 686 $a76.11$2bcl 700 $aMaguire$b Joseph A.$f1956-$01574325 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784866203321 996 $aPower and global sport$93850560 997 $aUNINA