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Global Sports Policy



November 2012 | 240 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
"Lifts the analysis out of the nuts and bolts of sports policy and into some really thought-provoking areas which will equip the policy maker for the challenges of the 21st century"
- Dominic Malcolm, Loughborough University

"This is an excellent analysis of the significance of globalisation for national sport policy and especially of the impact of global processes at the local socio-cultural level"
- Barrie Houlihan, Loughborough University

Drawing upon a range of empirical case studies, Catherine Palmer situates sports policy within a broader consideration of global processes, practices and consequences, exploring the relationship between:

  • the local and the global
  • globalization and governance
  • new technologies
  • human rights
  • the environment
  • corporate responsibility.

In doing so she sets out the ground for an understanding of policy making in sport and how this affects society.

Covering both theory and practice, it is a detailed and thought provoking resource for students of sports policy, sports development, sports management and sports studies.
Introduction

 
 
PART ONE: KEY DEBATES IN GLOBALIZATION AND SPORTS POLICY
 
Globalization, Sport and Policy
 
The Local and the Global in Sports Policy
 
Globalization and the Governance of Sports Policy
 
Network Policy - New Technologies and Global Sports Policy
 
Social Theory, Globalization and Sports Policy in a Risk Society
 
PART TWO: GLOBALIZATION AND SPORTING MEGA-EVENTS: POLICY IMPLICATIONS
 
Globalization, Policy and Sporting Mega-Events
 
Safety, Security and the Policing of Sporting Mega-Events
 
Mega-Events, Sports Policy and Human Rights
 
Mega-Events, the Environment and Corporate Responsibility
 
Reflections on Global Sports Policy

An excellent critical anlysis of the impact of globalization on sports policy. A key supplementary text for Level 5 students.

Miss Lisa Binney
Faculty of Sport Business & Enterprise, Southampton Solent University
May 16, 2013

An original and international focus on sporting policy. Well suited in endeavours to internationalise the curriculum.

Mr Paul Kitchin
School of Sport Studies, Ulster University
May 3, 2013

An interesting overview of the sports industry of relevance to a variety of students.

Mrs Jane Wood
Clothing Design & Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University
April 22, 2013

An excellent overview of sport policy at the global level, which will be of use to a variety of sport scholars interested in political studies, sociology, development, or economics.

Dr Alexander Channon
School of Education (Avery Hill), Greenwich University
March 19, 2013

This is a good book that is well written. It adds nicely to a growing market of books on sport policy because it offers aquite specific 'global' focus, and does so froma broadly sociological (as opposed to political scientist) point of view, and this means it is offering something a little bit different as well. I was a little surprised that there was not more on WADA policies, however, given the global focus of such anti-doping policy.

Dr Daniel Bloyce
Dept of Sport & Excercise Science, Chester University
February 14, 2013
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