Sporting events and management

For small nations like Grenada, New Zealand and Norway, medal counts relative to population are increasingly touted as the most meaningful comparisons with sporting superpowers China, the United States and Germany.

This comprehensive collection provides an overview of social scientific perspectives on Olympic legacy, using specialist analyses and selected cases to illuminate the recurring anthropological, political, and sociological dimensions of the legacy debate.

This comprehensive collection provides an overview of social scientific perspectives on Olympic legacy, using specialist analyses and selected cases to illuminate the recurring anthropological, political, and sociological dimensions of the legacy debate.

Ladybird Do You Know?

This volume presents research on policy responses to racism in sporting codes, predominantly Australian Rules football, in a global context.

This volume presents research on policy responses to racism in sporting codes, predominantly Australian Rules football, in a global context.

Do small- and medium-sized sporting events affect the overall wellbeing of people living in the host community?

Do small- and medium-sized sporting events affect the overall wellbeing of people living in the host community?

Golf is big business around the world.

Golf is big business around the world.

Sport management is a rapidly developing industry which continues to grow in size and scope on an international scale.

Sport management is a rapidly developing industry which continues to grow in size and scope on an international scale.

Soccer is undeniably the most popular sport in the world.

This book examines the goals and impact of Qatar's hosting of the FIFA men's World Cup 2022 in the context of the existing literature on Qatar, small states in international politics, and the use of sports in development and soft power strategies.

This book investigates the declining status of cricket within contemporary British society after the high-water mark of England's Ashes victory in 2005.

This book investigates the declining status of cricket within contemporary British society after the high-water mark of England's Ashes victory in 2005.

This collection brings together innovative research from socially-oriented applied linguists working in sports.

This collection brings together innovative research from socially-oriented applied linguists working in sports.

Sport is enjoyed by millions of people across the world, and both watching and playing sport constitutes a major part of modern leisure time.

Sport is enjoyed by millions of people across the world, and both watching and playing sport constitutes a major part of modern leisure time.

Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy is the first book to develop a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between lifestyle sports and the public policy environment which frames and regulates them.

Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy is the first book to develop a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between lifestyle sports and the public policy environment which frames and regulates them.

Designing the Olympics claims that the Olympic Games provide opportunities to reflect on the relationship between design, national identity, and citizenship.

Designing the Olympics claims that the Olympic Games provide opportunities to reflect on the relationship between design, national identity, and citizenship.

Sport governance has become an increasingly widespread subject for research and teaching in sports studies.

Sport governance has become an increasingly widespread subject for research and teaching in sports studies.

Sport events are inextricably linked to the places in which they are hosted.

Twenty years of professionalism has seen rugby union undergo dramatic transformations, from changes to everyday training cultures to the growth of the Rugby World Cup into one of the largest global sporting events.

Can sport and physical activity (PA) be used to improve the communities we live in?

Exploring sports event management from a Caribbean, small island developing state perspective, this volume uses the events of the recently held Cricket World Cup 2007 (CWC 2007) as a launching pad for identifying best practices and the way forward.

Exploring sports event management from a Caribbean, small island developing state perspective, this volume uses the events of the recently held Cricket World Cup 2007 (CWC 2007) as a launching pad for identifying best practices and the way forward.

Tennis is one of the world's most popular sports, as levels of participation and spectatorship demonstrate.

Tennis is one of the world's most popular sports, as levels of participation and spectatorship demonstrate.

This book examines claims that the Olympic Games are a vehicle to inspire and increase mass sport participation.

This book examines claims that the Olympic Games are a vehicle to inspire and increase mass sport participation.

The rapid global growth of the sport industry has prompted the need for a more commercial approach to the management of sport clubs.

The rapid global growth of the sport industry has prompted the need for a more commercial approach to the management of sport clubs.

While globalisation has undoubtedly occurred in many social fields, in sport the importance of a the nation has remained.

While globalisation has undoubtedly occurred in many social fields, in sport the importance of a the nation has remained.

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

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

Sport volunteering is becoming an increasingly popular motive for international travel.

Sport volunteering is becoming an increasingly popular motive for international travel.

Global sports events are rarely far from the public eye.

Global sports events are rarely far from the public eye.

This is a multi-disciplinary contribution to the burgeoning literature on and around mega-events in general and sports mega-events in particular.

This is a multi-disciplinary contribution to the burgeoning literature on and around mega-events in general and sports mega-events in particular.

This innovative and timely volume of essays critically interrogates the shared histories between sport and a variety of leisure, entertainment and cultural pursuits.

This innovative and timely volume of essays critically interrogates the shared histories between sport and a variety of leisure, entertainment and cultural pursuits.

The international nature of the sport industry presents many management challenges and opportunities for sport organisations.