This volume is built around three assumptions - first, that for huge numbers people around the world, including many sport lovers, there are more important thin
Sporting mega-events habitually spawn protests from local groups discommoded by the building of new infrastructure, environmental lobbies contesting the long-te
This handbook illustrates the utility of global sport as a lens through which to disentangle the interconnected political, economic, cultural, and social patter
From neighborhood coalitions organizing against the building of a sport facility for professional sports teams subsidized by public funds, to global campaigns f
Sport is enjoyed by millions of people across the world, and both watching and playing sport constitutes a major part of modern leisure time. But sport is also