Sport and Politics

This book examines the means by which China has utilised its hosting of the Olympic Games to achieve her ambitions in embracing both soft power and hard power._x005F_x000D_ It was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport...

The book examines the increased influence on international sport of the politics of global institutions such as global economic market forces, International Non-Governmental Organisations and multi-national business and media...

This book is the first of its kind. It provides a wide ranging perspective through time and place and will be an invaluable tool for students studying sport...

This collection provides an entirely original perspective on the emerging shift in power in global sport from the ‘West’ to the ‘East’. This unique and timely collection of essays from leading analysts of Sport and Asia will be invaluable to all those interested in East Asia’s potential hegemonic do..

This book analyses the relationships between sport, diplomacy and politics in China. It examines how sport has become a vehicle for Chinese national revival and international recognition. It explores the complexity of sport in modern China and discusses how power is achieved through political exploi..

Jon Gemmell analyses the relationship between sport and politics through a historical analysis of South African cricket...

This book adds to the growing body of work on the global politics of sport. Leading and emerging experts explore 21st Century sport, politics and society through the conceptual lenses of community, mobility and identity...

This book analyses the relationship between globalisation, politicisation and 'masculinisation' within the field of European sport in Denmark covering early individualistic action, German occupation politics during World War II, and the Beijing games of 2008._x005F_x000D_ It was published as a speci..

From historical and social science perspectives this volume provides a wide-ranging account of the challenges to and outcomes of sports development in Hong Kong and Macau after the two handovers. The chapters were originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport...

The governance of international sport is dominated by the SINGOs (sporting international non-governmental organisations). The IOC, FIFA, IAAF and the FIA wield global influence, but how exactly do such complex organisations operate? This important book examines the rise of the SINGOs, their structur..

This book focuses upon the central components of the UK’s ‘model’ of sport and discusses what kind of ‘legacy’ 2012 is likely to leave on the sports landscape in years to come._x005F_x000D_ It was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Sport Policy...

The book would look at why minorities choose to participate in, or stay away from, soccer, thereby linking the issue to the status of the minorities in the political, social, cultural or economic life of a nation...