Sporting events and management

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.

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.

Effective performance management systems are essential in any successful organisation.

Effective performance management systems are essential in any successful organisation.

Ladybird Do You Know?

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?

The digital turn in leisure has opened up a vast array of new opportunities to play, learn, participate and be entertained - opportunities that have transformed what we recognise as leisure.

Golf is big business around the world.

Golf is big business around the world.

Understanding the motivations behind those who partake in extreme sports can be difficult for some.

Olympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate aid for the young and the poor.

Olympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate aid for the young and the poor.

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.

Sporting mega events are playing an increasingly important role in the governance of community regeneration and development across the globe.

Sporting mega events are playing an increasingly important role in the governance of community regeneration and development across the globe.

Though their primary concern, organizations in the creative industries don't only succeed or fail based on the exercise of their creative resources.

Though their primary concern, organizations in the creative industries don't only succeed or fail based on the exercise of their creative resources.