Sporting events and management

Arts Management is designed as an upper division undergraduate and graduate level text that covers the principles of arts management.

Elite youth sport competitions have increased significantly in number in recent years, with the Youth Olympic Games representing the high point of this phenomenon.

Contemporary sport business is international.

Contemporary sport business is international.

The identification and development of talented young players has become a central concern of football clubs at all levels of the professional game, as well as for national and international governing bodies.

The identification and development of talented young players has become a central concern of football clubs at all levels of the professional game, as well as for national and international governing bodies.

In this provocative new book, Tony Blackshaw argues that Leisure Studies is in a quiet but deep state of crisis.

In this provocative new book, Tony Blackshaw argues that Leisure Studies is in a quiet but deep state of crisis.

Whether the art form is theater, dance, music, festival, or the visual arts and galleries, the arts manager is the liaison between the artists and their audience.

Whether the art form is theater, dance, music, festival, or the visual arts and galleries, the arts manager is the liaison between the artists and their audience.

Sport is a global phenomenon engaging billions of people and generating annual revenues of more than US$ 145 billion.

Sport is a global phenomenon engaging billions of people and generating annual revenues of more than US$ 145 billion.

Prior to the outbreak of World War II, the British presided over the largest Empire in world history, a vast transoceanic and transcontinental realm of dominions, colonies, protectorates and mandates that covered over one-quarter of the world's land mass and comprised a population of over 450-million subjects.

Prior to the outbreak of World War II, the British presided over the largest Empire in world history, a vast transoceanic and transcontinental realm of dominions, colonies, protectorates and mandates that covered over one-quarter of the world's land mass and comprised a population of over 450-million subjects.

The social, cultural and economic significance of sport has never been more evident than it is today.

The social, cultural and economic significance of sport has never been more evident than it is today.

Contemporary discourse on sustainability points to the need for substantial, if not radical, shifts in relations between productivity, environment, consumption and identities, in ways which bring or restore balance to the intersecting domains.

Contemporary discourse on sustainability points to the need for substantial, if not radical, shifts in relations between productivity, environment, consumption and identities, in ways which bring or restore balance to the intersecting domains.

Should the arts receive public support?

Should the arts receive public support?

The study of football fandom is a fast-growing area of research in the sociology of sport.

All successful marketing strategies in sport or events must take into account the complex behaviour of consumers.

All successful marketing strategies in sport or events must take into account the complex behaviour of consumers.

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

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

This book offers new insights into value co-creation in the context of sport management.

This book offers new insights into value co-creation in the context of sport management.

Sports Business Management will equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the sport industry.

Sports Business Management will equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the sport industry.

This book reframes tourism, as well as leisure, within mobilities studies to challenge the limitations that dichotomous understandings of home/away, work/leisure, and host/guest bring.

This book reframes tourism, as well as leisure, within mobilities studies to challenge the limitations that dichotomous understandings of home/away, work/leisure, and host/guest bring.

What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by spectators?

What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by spectators?

The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport, disability and society.

The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport, disability and society.

What is, or what should be, the function of sport in a globalized, commercialized world?

What is, or what should be, the function of sport in a globalized, commercialized world?

Bringing together many of the most influential scholars in sport and media studies, this book examines the diverse ways that media influences our understanding of the world's most important sport events, dubbed sports mega-events.

Bringing together many of the most influential scholars in sport and media studies, this book examines the diverse ways that media influences our understanding of the world's most important sport events, dubbed sports mega-events.

As the Olympic spectacle grows, broadcast coverage becomes bigger, more complex, and more sophisticated.

Corruption in the sport industry is a pervasive issue that threatens the integrity of sport as an institution.

Corruption in the sport industry is a pervasive issue that threatens the integrity of sport as an institution.

Despite the position that sport occupies at the centre of public attention, and despite the billions of consumers and immense coverage which it attracts from around the globe, it seems that the media prioritise coverage of only a very small fraction of sporting events, and a few prominent athletes.

Despite the position that sport occupies at the centre of public attention, and despite the billions of consumers and immense coverage which it attracts from around the globe, it seems that the media prioritise coverage of only a very small fraction of sporting events, and a few prominent athletes.

Outdoor adventure activities are becoming an increasingly popular part of physical education programs.

Outdoor adventure activities are becoming an increasingly popular part of physical education programs.

This original and insightful book explores how horses can be considered as social actors within shared interspecies networks.

Going far beyond being just a mega sport event, the Olympic Games are, and have been in the past, important settings for tourism and cultural change.

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.