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This book offers an original Marxist critique of the European football business. It argues that the Marxist account of the difference between profits ..
This selection of essays delves into the ways in which sport evokes, informs, and contradicts understandings of citizenship in a variety of national, ..
The book examines the increased influence on international sport of the politics of global institutions such as global economic market forces, Interna..
Based on long-term and detailed ethnographic research, this book uses Malta as a critical case study to explore the dynamics of contemporary football...
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 i..
This book examines Australia’s sporting relationships with the Asian region during the interwar period; covering China, Japan, India, Netherlands East..
Sport is the harbinger of political purpose. This book analyses China's hegemonic intentions, aspirations and ambitions around the Pacific Rim through..
This book is dedicated to the reception of classical antiquity in modern sport and bodily culture. Taking Greece as a case-study, essays in the volume..
The Guangzhou Asian Games was a metaphor for the regional rise of China. It crushed the other nations beneath a mass of medals. China once again stood..
This collection provides an entirely original perspective on the emerging shift in power in global sport from the ‘West’ to the ‘East’. This unique an..
This book analyses the global media responses to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at all three stages: the torch relay, the opening and closing ceremoni..