Sport in the City : Cultural Connections

ISBN-13: 9780415466561 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 153 str.

Sam Michael

Opis

Examining sport within context of urban regeneration, this book looks at the place of sport within planning agendas for 'cities of culture'. It also examines sport stadiums in city 're-imaging' in relation to matters such as public funding, environmental impact and urban infrastructure.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Sport in the City: Cultural and Political Connections  Michael P. Sam and John E. Hughson  2. Cultural Policy and the Dynamics of Stadium Development  Costas Spirou  3. Sport and Economic Regeneration: A Winning Combination?  Larissa E. Davies  4. Fitting a Square Stadium into a Round Hole: A Case of Deliberation and Procrastination Politics  Michael P. Sam and Jay Scherer  5. Policing the Cyber Agenda: New Media Technologies and Recycled Claims in a Local Stadium Debate  Jay Scherer and Michael P. Sam  6. Durban’s future? Rebranding through the Production/policing of Event-specific Spaces at the 2010 World Cup  David Roberts  7. Civic Representations of Sport History: The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame  G.Z. Kohe  8. The Southern Man City as Cultural Place and Speight’s Space: Locating the Masculinity-Sport-Beer ‘Holy Trinity’ in New Zealand  Sarah Gee and Steven J. Jackson  9. The Football-fan Community as a Determinant Stakeholder in Value Co-creation  Patrizia Zagnoli and Elena Radicchi  10. Get into the ‘Groove’: Travelling Otago’s Super-region  John E. Hughson and G.Z. Kohe

O autorze

Michael Sam is Senior Lecturer in Sport Policy and Management at the University of Otago, New Zealand. John Hughson is Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK.