1st Edition
The Political Economy of Global Sporting Organisations
202 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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At the global level, sport is ruled by a set of organizations including giants such as the IOC (Olympics), FIFA (soccer), and the IAAF (athletics) as well as sporting minnows such as the World Armsport Federation (armwrestling). Many of these bodies have been surrounded by controversy during their histories, after having to adjust to the realities of commercial sport. This important book... Read more
1. Global Sport Organisations: Ringmasters or Alphabet Boys? 2. A Product of History: The Creation and Evolution of Global Sports Organisations 3. The Economic Approach to Sport 4. Sources of Sport Revenue 5. Going for Gold: Global Sport Events 6. Architectures of Control: Structure and Process in the GSOs 7. For the Good of the Game: GSO Opacity and a Public Interest 8. Getting on with the Neighbours: The External Relationships of Global Sports Organisations by osvaldo Croci 9. Yielding Place to the New 10. Postscript
Biography
John Forster is Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics at Griffith University, Australia.
Nigel K.L. Pope is Senior Lecturer in the School of Marketing at Griffith University, Australia.
