The fully revised and updated version of this classic text examines the link between three
key obsessions of the 21st century: the media, sport and popular culture. Gathering new …

The current malaise over sport management's place and future as an academic discipline
provides a useful basis for envisioning the needs and directions for the field's growth and …

In the 4 years prior to the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, the UK government allocated
around£ 70 million in direct financial support to UK athletes. At the Games, the Great Britain …

Sport Worlds: A Sociological Perspectivetakes a novel approach to tracing the intimate and
extensive relationships between sport and other social worlds. By examining classic issues …

The story of British football's journey from public school diversion to mass media
entertainment is a remarkable one. The Association Game traces British football from the …

Elite sport is often regarded as one of the main vehicles for articulating national pride and
stimulating national cohesion. In this article, we explore a variety of different notions of pride …

This article reviews how sport has been engaged in urban geography and related fields.
Across the social sciences, there has been an explosion of research on “sporting mega …

Authoritarian regimes have long taken an interest in promoting elite and mass sport,
deploying it as both a nation-building strategy and a tool to elicit respect and legitimacy on …

Elite sports are widely considered by national governments as a merit good through which
many benefits to society as whole can be fostered through the stimulation of 'national …

The game of football has played a key role in shaping and cementing senses of national
identity throughout the world. Aware that the game may afford a space for expressing …