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Global sports policy / Catherine Palmer

By: Palmer, Catherine (Social scientist) [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, 2012Description: vii, 230 pages ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781849205184.Subject(s): Sports and state | Sports administration | Globalization | Sports -- Sociological aspectsDDC classification: 306.483
Contents:
Part one: Key debates in globalization and sports policy: Globalization, sport and policy -- The local and the global in sport policy -- Globalization and the governance of sports policy -- Network policy - new technologies and global sports policy -- Social theory, globalization and sports policy in a risk society -- Part two: Globalization and sporting mega-events: policy implications. Globalization, sports policy and sporting mega-events -- Safety security and the policing of sporting mega-events -- Mega-events, sports policy and human rights -- Mega-events, the environment and corporate responsibility -- Reflections on global sports policy.
Summary: Globalization is a key part of everyday lives, and sport itself is an increasingly global phenomenon. This book successfully brings the two together, locating the study of sports policy within a broader consideration of global processes, practices and consequences. Drawing upon a range of empirical case studies, Catherine Palmer successfully illuminates issues that have not previously been discussed. Exploring the relationship between the local and the global, globalization and governance, new technologies, human rights, environment and corporate responsibility, the author sets out the ground for a new and refreshed understanding of policy making in sport and how this affects society moreover. Original and timely, this book is a must for sports students on all levels. It will also be of immense use for students on courses that deal with public and social policy making.
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Globalization is a key part of everyday lives, and sport itself is an increasingly global phenomenon. This book successfully brings the two together, locating the study of sports policy within a broader consideration of global processes, practices and consequences.

Drawing upon a range of empirical case studies, Catherine Palmer successfully illuminates issues that have not previously been discussed. Exploring the relationship between the local and the global, globalization and governance, new technologies, human rights, environment and corporate responsibility, the author sets out the ground for a new and refreshed understanding of policy making in sport and how this affects society moreover.

Original and timely, this book is a must for sports students on all levels. It will also be of immense use for students on courses that deal with public and social policy making.

Bibliography: (pages 191-215) and index.

Part one: Key debates in globalization and sports policy: Globalization, sport and policy -- The local and the global in sport policy -- Globalization and the governance of sports policy -- Network policy - new technologies and global sports policy -- Social theory, globalization and sports policy in a risk society -- Part two: Globalization and sporting mega-events: policy implications. Globalization, sports policy and sporting mega-events -- Safety security and the policing of sporting mega-events -- Mega-events, sports policy and human rights -- Mega-events, the environment and corporate responsibility -- Reflections on global sports policy.

Globalization is a key part of everyday lives, and sport itself is an increasingly global phenomenon. This book successfully brings the two together, locating the study of sports policy within a broader consideration of global processes, practices and consequences. Drawing upon a range of empirical case studies, Catherine Palmer successfully illuminates issues that have not previously been discussed. Exploring the relationship between the local and the global, globalization and governance, new technologies, human rights, environment and corporate responsibility, the author sets out the ground for a new and refreshed understanding of policy making in sport and how this affects society moreover. Original and timely, this book is a must for sports students on all levels. It will also be of immense use for students on courses that deal with public and social policy making.

CIT Module SPRT 8003 - Supplementary reading.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Abbreviations and acronyms (p. vi)
  • About the author (p. viii)
  • Acknowledgements (p. ix)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • Part 1 Key Debates in Globalization and Sports Policy (p. 5)
  • 1 Globalization, sport and policy (p. 7)
  • 2 The local and the global in sports policy (p. 22)
  • 3 Globalization and the governance of sports policy (p. 39)
  • 4 Network policy - new technologies and global sports policy (p. 58)
  • 5 Social theory, globalization and sports policy in a risk society (p. 77)
  • Part 2 Globalization and Sporting Mega-Events: Policy Implications (p. 101)
  • 6 Globalization, sports policy and sporting mega-events (p. 103)
  • 7 Safety, security and the policing of sporting mega-events (p. 124)
  • 8 Mega-events, sports policy and human rights (p. 144)
  • 9 Mega-events, the environment and corporate responsibility (p. 161)
  • 10 Reflections on global sports policy (p. 183)
  • Bibliography (p. 191)
  • Index (p. 216)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Catherine Palmer is Associate Professor in Sociology at Deakin University, Australia.