Mega-Events and Social Change - Spectacle, Legacy and Public Culture (Paperback)

The spectacle of major cultural and sporting events can preoccupy modern societies. This book is concerned with contemporary mega-events, like the Olympics and Expos. Using a sociological perspective Roche argues that mega-events reflect the major social changes which now influence our societies, particularly in the West, and that these amount to a new 'second phase' of the modernization process. Changes are particularly visible in the media, urban and global locational aspects of mega-events. Thus he suggests that contemporary mega-events, both in their achievements and their vulnerabilities, reflect, in the media sphere, the rise of the internet; in the urban sphere, de-industrialisation and the growing ecological crisis; and in the global sphere, the relative decline of the West and the rise of China and other 'emerging' countries. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Globalizing Sport Studies
Release date:	2019
First published:	2017
Authors:	Maurice Roche
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-3387-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > General
LSN:	1-5261-3387-3
Barcode:	9781526133878

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