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The greening of golf : sport, globalization and the environment / Brad Millington and Brian Wilson
| The greening of golf : sport, globalization and the environment / Brad Millington and Brian Wilson |
| Autore | Millington Brad |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, England : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 288 pages) : digital, HTML file(s) |
| Disciplina | 796.352068 |
| Collana |
Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched Globalizing sport studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Golf courses - Environmental aspects
Golf - Tournaments - Environmental aspects Sports and globalization |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | I. Introduction and tools for seeing golf sociologically -- 1. Introduction: approaching golf and environmental issues -- 2. Light green to dark green: how to make sense of responses to environmental problems -- II. Background and history -- 3. Waging a war on pests: golf comes to America -- 4. Golf in consumer culture and the making of Augusta National syndrome -- III. The light-greening of golf -- 5. The turn to responsible golf and the roots of golf’s light-green movement -- 6. Environmentalism incorporated: professionalization and post-politics in the time of responsible golf -- 7. Light-green regulation? Environmental managerialism and golf’s conspicuous exemption -- IV. The dark-greening of golf -- 8. Anti-golfers across the world unite! Global and local forms of resistance to golf-course development -- 9. Organic golf ‘on the fringe’: the potential and challenges of a chemical-free golf alternative -- V. Conclusion -- 10. Reflections, recommendations, and minor utopian visions for a game we love. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136753703321 |
Millington Brad
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| Manchester, England : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The greening of golf : sport, globalization and the environment / Brad Millington and Brian Wilson
| The greening of golf : sport, globalization and the environment / Brad Millington and Brian Wilson |
| Autore | Millington Brad |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester University Press, 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 288 pages) : digital, HTML file(s) |
| Disciplina | 796.352068 |
| Collana |
Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched Globalizing sport studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Golf courses - Environmental aspects
Golf - Tournaments - Environmental aspects Sports and globalization |
| Soggetto non controllato |
sociology
globalization corporate power environmentalism golf environment sport |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | I. Introduction and tools for seeing golf sociologically -- 1. Introduction: approaching golf and environmental issues -- 2. Light green to dark green: how to make sense of responses to environmental problems -- II. Background and history -- 3. Waging a war on pests: golf comes to America -- 4. Golf in consumer culture and the making of Augusta National syndrome -- III. The light-greening of golf -- 5. The turn to responsible golf and the roots of golf’s light-green movement -- 6. Environmentalism incorporated: professionalization and post-politics in the time of responsible golf -- 7. Light-green regulation? Environmental managerialism and golf’s conspicuous exemption -- IV. The dark-greening of golf -- 8. Anti-golfers across the world unite! Global and local forms of resistance to golf-course development -- 9. Organic golf ‘on the fringe’: the potential and challenges of a chemical-free golf alternative -- V. Conclusion -- 10. Reflections, recommendations, and minor utopian visions for a game we love. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996552351103316 |
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Millington Brad
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| Manchester University Press, 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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