The forthcoming Olympics in Rio in 2016, and the FIFA World Cup in
Brazil in 2014, highlight the profound importance of sport in Latin
America. This book is the first to offer a broad survey of the way
that sport is managed, governed and organized across the Latin
American region, drawing on cutting-edge contemporary scholarship
in management, policy, sociology and history. The book explores key
themes in Latin American sport, including the role of public
institutions; the relationship between sport policy and political
regimes; the structure and significance of national governing
bodies and professional leagues; the impact of sporting mega-events
(including the Olympics and World Cup), and the management and
governance of football, the dominant sport in the region. Including
contributions from Latin American scholars and practitioners, the
book draws on important Spanish and Portuguese sources that are
unknown to most English-speaking researchers, and therefore
provides an unprecedented and authoritative insight into sport
policy and management in the region. Including cases from sport in
Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic,
Costa Rica and Peru and examples from Venezuela, Bolivia and
Ecuador, this book is essential reading for all scholars,
practitioners and policy-makers with an interest in Latin American
sport, comparative sport policy, sport management, or Latin
American history, culture and society.
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