Mega-Event Mobilities - A Critical Analysis (Hardcover)

Global sports events are rarely far from the public eye. Such mega-events are about much more than the sporting competitions themselves. They entail global exposure and intense struggles by different stakeholders. This is the first book to examine sports mega-events from a mobilities perspective. It analyses the 'mobile construction' of global sports mega-events and the role this plays in managing labour, imaginaries, policies and legacies. In particular, the book focuses on the tension between the various mobilities and immobilities that are implied in the process of constructing a mega-event. It seeks to uncover the ways in which an event is a series of fluid interactions that occur sequentially and simultaneously at multiple scales in diverse spheres of interaction. Contributions explore the dynamics through which mega-events occur, revealing the textures and nuance of the complex systems that sustain them, and the ways that events ramify throughout the international system.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Critical Studies in Urbanism and the City
Release date:	December 2016
First published:	2017
Editors:	Noel B. Salazar • Christiane Timmerman • Johan Wets • Luana Gama Gato • Sarah Van den Broucke
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	194
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-21753-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > General
LSN:	1-138-21753-0
Barcode:	9781138217539

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