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Sport Politics - An Introduction (Hardcover, 1st Ed. 2015)
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Sport Politics - An Introduction (Hardcover, 1st Ed. 2015)
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This innovative new text examines sport's relationship with
politics and argues that sport has always been political, even as
far back as antiquity. However, in the last 30 years there has been
an unprecedented politicization of sport through increasing
government intervention. Jonathan Grix takes a comprehensive and
engaging look at sport politics by examining state involvement in
initiatives from sports mega-events through to grass-roots and
community sport activities. Providing an accessible introduction to
this growing area of study, the text examines a number of
approaches to the topic - including theories from Political
Science, Sociology and International Relations - and adopts a
critical framework throughout. In doing so the text discusses the
relationship between social capital and sport, how governments use
sport for non-sporting objectives and the role of governance in
sport policy. Real-world examples demonstrate just how entwined
sport and politics are: from ardent soccer fans effectively
'locked-in' by ever-increasing ticket prices, to taxpayer's money
funding ever more extravagant international sports mega-events, to
the moral and political implications of doping.
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