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Globalization is a key part of everyday lives, and sport itself is an increasingly global phenomenon. This book successfully brings the two together, locating the study of sports policy within a broader consideration of global processes, practices and consequences.
Drawing upon a range of empirical case studies, Catherine Palmer successfully illuminates issues that have not previously been discussed. Exploring the relationship between the local and the global, globalization and governance, new technologies, human rights, environment and corporate responsibility, the author sets out the ground for a new and refreshed understanding of policy making in sport and how this affects society moreover.
Original and timely, this book is a must for sports students on all levels. It will also be of immense use for students on courses that deal with public and social policy making.
Social Theory, Globalization and Sports Policy in a Risk Society
Social Theory, Globalization and Sports Policy in a Risk Society
This Chapter
- introduces key political theories of policy analysis;
- applies social theories to sports policy analysis;
- introduces theories of ‘risk’ as a framework for understanding sports policy;
- critiques the Western-centric focus of social theory through the lens of sports policy.
Introduction
I mentioned in the Introduction that this book grew out of what I saw to be a gap in how we think about sports policy. Despite sport itself being an increasingly global phenomenon, there has been no real attempt to locate the study of sports policy within a broader consideration of global processes, practices and consequences. An additional gap in how we think and write about sports policy is the virtual ...
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