Sport and Development in Emerging Nations (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Tinaz, Cem; Knott, Brendon

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For the first time, this book examines the strategies of leaders of emerging nations to use sport as a tool for reaching social, economic, cultural, political, technological or environmental goals and gaining international prestige. It assesses whether sport can really be an effective tool in international development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000374315
• Artikelnr.: 61137576

Autorenporträt

Cem Tinaz is Director of the School of Sports Sciences and Technology at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. He is also an esteemed board member and Vice President of the Turkish Tennis Federation. Dr. Tinaz's research interests include sport policy and development, administration, legacies and impacts of sport mega-events - all integrated with his primary area of expertise in sport management. He was awarded a 2016/2017 Advanced Olympic Research Grant by the IOC Olympic Studies Centre for the project "Examining Positive Outcomes of Unsuccessful Olympic Bids". Brendon Knott is Associate Professor in the Sport Management Department at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa. His primary research interests include sport marketing, sport tourism and mega-event studies. He serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Leisure Research and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Destination Marketing and Management. He has a passion for sport and its impact on society, especially in emerging nations.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Defining Sport and Development in the Emerging Nations, 2.
Sport and Development in Brazil: Lessons from Multiple Sport Mega-Event
Hosting and Sporting Programmes in Disadvantaged Communities, 3. Sport and
Development in China: Professional Football as Wealth Generator and
National Dream Bearer, 4. Sport and Development in the Czech Republic:
Sport as a Tool for Social and Cultural Transformation, 5. Sport and
Development in Hungary and the Central and Eastern European Region: The
Development of the Leisure Sport Industry, 6. Sport and Development in
India: Professional Sport League Systems, 7. Sport and Development in
Indonesia: Sport Policy in the Reformation Era, 8. Sport and Development in
Mexico: NGOs and Community-based Organisations Underpinned by Neo-liberal
Logics Using Sport as Educational Tools, 9. Sport and Development in
Poland: National Strategies and their Implementation, 10. Sport and
Development in Qatar: International and Regional Dynamics of Sport
Mega-Events, 11. Sport and Development in South Africa: Sport in a Changing
Society and Economy, 12. Sport and Development in South Korea: A Critical
Analysis of Media Discourses on the Unified Korean Women's Ice Hockey Team
in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games, 13. Sport and Development in Turkey:
Community Sport Participation, Leisure Spaces and Social Inclusion, 14.
Conclusion: Lessons Learned from the Emerging Nations