What are the social, political and economic consequences of staging sport mega events such as the Olympics and the World Cup? This book presents a new approach to sport mega events and related issues, exploring elements that are not present or are not developed in the existing literature.
What are the social, political and economic consequences of staging sport mega events such as the Olympics and the World Cup? This book presents a new approach to sport mega events and related issues, exploring elements that are not present or are not developed in the existing literature.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Billy Graeff is Lecturer at the Federal University of Rio Grande in Brazil, where he teaches courses on the sociology of sports and Olympic studies. He is part of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA), the International Olympic Academy Participants Association (IOAPA) and the Latin American Association of Sociocultural Studies of Sport (ALESDE). As a scholar-activist, Billy endeavours to connect his academic work to struggles around the world for social justice and human development.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Global capitalism and sport mega events 2. Sport mega events: discourse x practice 3. The socioeconomic consequences of the sport mega events 'tour' through the Global South 4. Local impacts of global events: Porto Alegre and the 2014 World Cup 5. Conclusions
Introduction 1. Global capitalism and sport mega events 2. Sport mega events: discourse x practice 3. The socioeconomic consequences of the sport mega events 'tour' through the Global South 4. Local impacts of global events: Porto Alegre and the 2014 World Cup 5. Conclusions
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