Globalization and Football
This timely book provides an engaging, clear view of the interrelationships within key globalization processes and the international sport of football. Intelligently combining the conceptual and methodological aspects of global studies with the specific cultural conditions of the 'beautiful game' Giulianotti and Robertson illuminate its social history and diffusion, as well as wider cultural, economic, political and social dimensions. Using football to chart an increasing global connectivity, or globality, the authors explore how the game may be understood as a metric, mirror, motor and metaphor of globalizationIssues discussed include:- Tran…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Robertson, Roland
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-2128-2
- EAN: 9781412921282
- Produktnummer: 4628181
- Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Masse: H23.2 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.4 cm 336 g
- Gewicht: 336
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
Richard Giulianotti is Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University. His research interests are in sport, globalization, crime and deviance, popular culture, qualitative research methods and social theory. He has published several books on various aspects of sport, particularly its international dimensions.
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