The Politics of South African Cricket analyses the relationship between politics and sport, in particular cricket, in South Africa. South African Cricket embraces an ethos that is symbolic of a wider held belief system and as such has distinctive political connotations in the region. Sport in South Africa is certainly influenced by forces beyond the playing field, but politics too can be influenced by the social and economic force of sport. Focusing on the sports boycott as a political strategy, Jon Gemmell analyses the relationship between sport and politics through a...
The Politics of South African Cricket analyses the relationship between politics and sport, in particular cricket, in South Africa. South Afr...
For cricket enthusiasts there is nothing to match the meaningful contests and excitement generated by the game s subtle shifts in play. Conversely, huge swathes of the world s population find cricket the most obscure and bafflingly impenetrable of sports. The Changing Face of Cricket attempts to account for this paradox.
The Changing Face of Cricket provides an overview of the various ways in which social scientists have analyzed the game s cultural impact. The book s international analysis encompasses Australia, the Caribbean, England, India, Ireland, South Africa, Sri Lanka and...
For cricket enthusiasts there is nothing to match the meaningful contests and excitement generated by the game s subtle shifts in play. Conversely,...
