Sporting events and management

An unapologetic insider's account of the corruption and greed within college athletics.

The Live Event Video Technician covers terms, format types, concepts, and technologies used in video production for corporate meetings, concerts, special events, and theatrical productions.

Drawing on primary research within voluntary sports clubs in the UK and secondary analysis of the wider international literature on social capital, this text focuses on the micro-processes of social capital development and how they play out in specific social settings.

International Perspectives of Festivals and Events addresses contemporary issues concerning the potential of festivals and events to produce economic, social, cultural and community benefits.

Interest in the management of creative and cultural organisations has grown at pace with the size of this sector.

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

Considering the celebrity-like status of the professional football manager, surprisingly little is known about their role.

This is a fundamental text for the study of sport history.

Complexity and Control in Team Sports is the first book to apply complex systems theory to 'soccer-like' team games (including basketball, handball and hockey) and to present a framework for understanding and managing the elite sports team as a multi-level complex system.

This timely book is the first to critically examine the doctrine of vicarious liability in the context of the sports industry.

Research can be a challenging but rewarding activity.

To what extent is it possible to do good work in music artist management?

Events and festivals have an increasingly vital role in our leisure lifestyles.

The game of rugby has changed significantly in the course of its history.

'Chris is someone I've always looked up to.

The forthcoming Olympics in Rio in 2016, and the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014, highlight the profound importance of sport in Latin America.

'Eye-opening.

The nature of arts administration and management has changed dramatically over the last decade with policy, funding and restructuring all playing major parts.

On an April morning in 1896, unemployed single mother Stamata Revithi ran the 40 kilometers from Marathon to Athens, finishing in 5 hours 30 minutes.

In many Western nations, community sport coaches occupy a central role in supporting the physical health, mental wellbeing, and wider social development of individuals and communities.

As the World's greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games has always commanded intrigue, analysis and comment in equal measure.

Introduces the reader to a host of philosophical topics found in sport, exploring the place of sport in our lives.

This book examines the political significance of sport and its importance for nation-state building and political and economic transition across thirteen post-Soviet and post-socialist countries, primarily located in Eastern Europe.

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR The definitive biography of one of the greatest, most extraordinary runners and Olympic heroes of all time, from the author of running classic Feet in the Clouds.

Most biographies of Jim Thorpe (1888-1953) emphasize his Olympic glory and his remarkable abilities in track and football.

'A superb go-to guide for anyone seeking context on why Qatar won the 2022 World Cup bid' Daily ExpressThe Fall of the House of Fifa is the definitive story of Fifa's rise and the most spectacular fall sport has ever seen.

The majority of sport psychology research to date has been underpinned and driven by a secular perspective.

Sportscasting in the Digital Age: More than the Game is a much-needed textbook that not only dives deep into the "e;how to"e; of sports play-by-play, but also gives students a broader understanding of the sports media industry and how to find their place in an ultra-competitive business.

This book examines the impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympic Games and highlights the latest findings in the areas of sport policy, elite sports system, sport media, sport facility management and sport social development in the two host countries - China and Britain.

The role of both sport and tourism in the (re)creation and (re)presentation of national identities is well established, yet relatively little work has critically explored the inter-relationship between sport, tourism and the creation and maintenance of national identities.

The study of sport tourism is on the cusp of moving from a descriptive phase of research into an analytical phase.

Football has an integrity problem.

The pentathlon, comprising competition in the discus, javelin, long jump, sprint, and wrestling, was hailed as the ultimate test of athletic versatility and remained a staple of the ancient Greek Olympic Games, Crown Games and Pan-Hellenic festivals for 1,200 years.

This Great Symbol is the definitive study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, whose ideological stamp the Olympics still bear.

This collection of essays, written by a number of respected sport management scholars, addresses many of the challenges and issues facing today's sport management academic programs.

This book presents an introductory overview of the socio-economic organization of creative industries, focusing on the East Asian context.

BRISTOL ROVERS: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY is an up-to-date and definitive historical record of Bristol Rovers Football Club, relating the story of the club from its origins in 1883, through the glory years and tougher times, to where it is today.

Creative Arts Marketing third edition is a long-awaited update of a classic and influential text.

This book provides the first detailed history of one of the most powerful international sport organisations, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since 2019 known as World Athletics.

Football is the most popular sport in the world.

Sport and Entrepreneurship combines perspectives derived from business history and sports history, focusing on the important but relatively unexplored relationship of entrepreneurship and sport.

Events can be synonymous with a particular place, helping shape and promote a location.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is widely recognized as an entertaining and innovative league whose teams play regular season and postseason games in packed arenas at home and away sites in the United States and Canada.

Effective performance management systems are essential in any successful organisation.

This book describes a systems approach for fostering the mental health of athletes, coaches, and staff in sport organizations at professional, collegiate, and secondary school levels.

Olympic Stadia provides a comprehensive account of the development of stadia including but not limited to: developments in running tracks, the introduction of lighting, improvements in spectator viewing standards and the introduction of roofs.

Before Bradley Wiggins, there was Sean Yates.

Sport has the potential to be a powerful platform for positive change.