The political economy of global sporting organisations /
[Book]
John Forster and Nigel K.L. Pope.
New York :
Routledge,
2004.
1 online resource (1 volume)
Routledge frontiers of political economy ;
61
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Global sports organisations: ringmasters or alphabet boys?; A product of history: the creation and evolution of GSOs; The economic approach to sport; Sources of sport revenue; Going for gold: global sports events; Architectures of control: structure and process in the GSOs; For the good of the game: GSO opacity as public interest organisations; Getting on with the neighbours: the external relationships of GSOs; Yielding place to the new; Postscript; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
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This book tackle such topics as the global sports economy, the global sports market and fringe sports with an accessible style. This book will be useful to those studing the economics of sport as well as those in the sports industry.
Political economy of global sporting organisations.
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Sports administration-- Economic aspects.
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