Globalization and sport : playing the world / Toby Miller ... [et al.].
Material type: TextPublication details: London : SAGE, 2000.Description: 192pISBN:- 9780761959687 (hbk.) :
- 9780761959694 (pbk.) :
- 0761959696 (pbk.)
- 306.483 MIL
- GV706
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Includes bibliographical references.
The authors argue that whilst sport plays an important role in the process of globalisation and generates wealth, typically commodification, bureaucratisation and ideology are fundamental to the organisation of sporting cultures around the world.