Sports management and facilities

This is the first book to define and explore the geopolitical economy of sport - the intersection of power, politics, money, and state interests that both exploit and shape elite sport around the world.

Written by European professors and focusing on the specificities of European sport, When Sport Meets Business analyses the growing commercialisation of professional sport in recent years and explains how it has developed into a major global industry.

The interdependent coach-athlete relationship represents the most fundamental instance of a duty of care in sport.

The Routledge Handbook of Sports Sponsorship provides a comprehensive guide to the successful management of sport sponsorship.

Sport governance no longer stirs public opinion only when scandals surface; it has become a persistent concern for a number of stakeholders, such as the media, sport followers, and corporates that produce and sponsor sport.

The Scandinavian and Nordic countries have some of the highest participation rates in sport and physical activity in the world and are therefore important case studies across a range of subjects, from sport policy to physical activity and health.

This is the first book to examine the impact of blockchain technology on the business of sport.

The maritime environment includes both the water resource of the terrestrial coast and estuarine and coastal inshore waters.

The governance of international sport is dominated by the SINGOs (sporting international non-governmental organisations).

Sport and physical activity are now regularly used to promote social and economic development, peacebuilding and conflict resolution, on an international scale.

Australians have invested an enormous amount of emotional and physical capital in their sporting systems and structures.

Esports Insights outlines the fundamental characteristics, features, and structures of the rapidly growing esports industry and acts as the perfect primer for readers without any prior knowledge of esports.

The Olympic Games have become the world's greatest media and marketing event-a global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash.

This book expands on the argument that spectator sports, despite their problems, have become a central function of American universities.

Winning strategies from the three-time European Championship winner and the only football coach ever to reach the final of five international tournaments.

Sport officials are tasked with maintaining order and adjudicating sport contests.

The Flame Relay and the Olympic Movement is the first book-length scholarly study in English of the contemporary Olympic flame relay.

Sports Journalism combines decades of on-the-field reporting and in-the-classroom teaching to present the most comprehensive and contemporary playbook for student journalists.

Sport and exercise psychology as a profession is becoming increasingly popular, with a growth in the number of students applying for and studying Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees in sport and exercise psychology in recent years within the UK and International Higher Education landscape.

Sport is frequently considered to be an aspect of popular culture that is, or should be, untainted by the political.

Concise and thoroughly detailed Managing Sport and Leisure Facilities is a clean operating guide to leisure management by contract, providing expert advice for both contractor and client.

'Contemporary Issues in Sport Management presents an extensive array of absorbing contemporary issues relevant to managing sport.

This book offers an in depth analysis of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Surfing and Sustainability presents a new way of understanding the impact of surfing on the environment, society and the economy, providing important insights into the field of sustainability and arguing that the activity of surfing offers a unique opportunity to explore the ambiguity of sustainability.

Football is the most widely played, watched and studied sport in the world.

This research collection explores the ongoing interaction between sports, media, and society throughout important periods in history, from the nineteenth century to the present day.

'A very funny book that tackles some serious football issues.

It is difficult to fully understand the role that sport plays in contemporary global society without understanding how and why governments, NGOs and other organizations formulate and implement policy relating to sport.

Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sponsorship in Marketing introduces the fundamentals of sponsorship-linked marketing, helping the reader to understand how sponsorship can be planned, executed, and measured.

This is the first book to focus on sports betting from a sociological perspective.

The relationship between sport, medicine and health in our society is becoming increasingly complex.

How is sport marketing being transformed by new media and technology, by globalization and by the opening of new markets and sources of revenue?

This book critically examines how rugby union has developed in recent years, in nations on the periphery of the sport.

Examining the legitimacy of the World Anti-Doping Agency, this book offers a critical analysis of the anti-doping system and the social and behavioural processes that shape policy, asking why the current system is failing.

Alan Curbishley has spent a lifetime in football both as a fan, player and manager.

It is now widely recognized that recreation is as important as work.

This clear and accessible book is the first in-depth history of the role of the football manager in British football, tracing a path from Victorian-era amateurism to the highly paid motivational specialists and media personalities of the twenty-first century.

Effective performance management systems are essential in any successful organisation.

Sports marketing is one of the fastest growing areas of marketing communication.

If you are eager to find out the similarities between sports coach and business manager, and what lessons from the world of sports coaching can be applied to both sports and business management, then this is the book for you.

Drug free sport is an unattainable aspiration.

In a sporting world dominated by media and money, an understanding of sport branding is an essential skill for any sport manager.

What remains of a great sporting spectacle after the last race is run or the final match is played?

This book presents cutting edge perspectives on Communication in Sport Management, a core component of contemporary sport business.

Written from the contrasting yet complementary perspectives of sociology and philosophy, this book explores the far-reaching ethical consequences of the runaway commodification of sport, focusing on those instances where commodification gives rise to morally undesirable consequences.

Water control and management have been fundamental to the building of human civilisation.

Sport Startups: New Advances in Entrepreneurship examines the global growth of startup enterprises in the sports sector and addresses how they contribute to new developments in business innovation and entrepreneurship.

In recent years there has been a steady increase in the racial and ethnic diversity of the playing workforce in many sports around the world.

In his entertaining and informative new book, Sir Clive Woodward analyses the events of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, offering his unique perspective on the performance of players and coaches, from Owen Farrell and Kieran Read, to Eddie Jones and Steve Hansen.

The Business of Sports provides a comprehensive foundation of the economic, organizational, legal and political components of the sports industry.