The Political Economy of Global Sports Organisations

ISBN-13: 9780415267731 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 204 str.

John Forster; Nigel Pope

Opis

Tackling such topics as the global sports economy, the global sports market and fringe sports with an accessible style, this title should be of interest to all those currently studying and researching the economics of sports as well as being an eye-opener for those involved in the sports business.

Spis treści

1. Global Sport Organisations: Ringmasters or Alphabet Boys?
2. A Product of History: The Creation and Evolution of Global Sports Organisations
3. The Economic Approach to Sport
4. Sources of Sport Revenue
5. Going for Gold: Global Sport Events
6. Architectures of Control: Structure and Process in the GSOs
7. For the Good of the Game: GSO Opacity and a Public Interest
8. Getting on with the Neighbours: The External Relationships of Global Sports Organisations by osvaldo Croci
9. Yielding Place to the New
10. Postscript

O autorze

John Forster is Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics at Griffith University, Australia.
Nigel K.L. Pope is Senior Lecturer in the School of Marketing at Griffith University, Australia.