Billy Graeff

Gebundenes Buch

Capitalism, Sport Mega Events and the Global South

Beschreibung

What are the social, political and economic consequences of staging sport mega events such as the Olympics and the World Cup? This book presents a new approach to sport mega events and related issues, exploring elements that are not present or are not developed in the existing literature.

Autor

Billy Graeff is Lecturer at the Federal University of Rio Grande in Brazil, where he teaches courses on the sociology of sports and Olympic studies. He is part of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA), the International Olympic Academy Participants Association (IOAPA) and the Latin American Association of Sociocultural Studies of Sport (ALESDE). As a scholar-activist, Billy endeavours to connect his academic work to struggles around the world for social justice and human development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9781138579477
• ISBN-10: 1138579475
• Artikelnr.: 57536946