Sporting events & management
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Sporting events & management
Hardcover. Analysing the politics of the 2012 London Olympics, Stephen Wagg examines the framing of London's bid to host the Games, arguments about the Games' likely impact and the establishment of 'Fortress London' to protect the Games. The book asks who won, and who lost out, in this important event as well as exploring its media coverage and legacy. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JMG; JHBS; JPFC; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326331
- ISBN
- 9781137326331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardcover. The 2010 South African World Cup launched African football onto the global stage. This volume brings together top scholars on African football to explore a range of issues such as gender, identity, nationalism, history, cyber-fandom, the media and fan radicalization. Editor(s): Onwumechili, Chuka; Akindes, Gerard. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFD; JHBS; WSBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355805
- ISBN
- 9781137355805
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Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Hardcover. Since its creation the British Olympic Association (BOA) has been one of the most important institutions in sports governance. In spite of its prominence there has hitherto been no single-volume history of the Association. This scholarly yet accessible study fills that gap, assessing the origins, evolution, strengths and shortcomings of the BOA. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBTB; WSBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363411
- ISBN
- 9781137363411
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Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Hardcover. This volume offers a panoramic and interdisciplinary view of the growing field of Sports Mega-Event studies. Contributions explore leveraging strategies and the legacies from previous sports megas (London, Seoul, Sydney, Vancouver) and recent and future 'emerging' states and their hosting strategies (India, China, Qatar, Russia, Brazil). Editor(s): Grix, Jonathan. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; KNSP; WSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137371171
- ISBN
- 9781137371171
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. The economics of the NCAA Division I men's basketball league are peculiar because it fails to hire the best college-aged players and does little to enhance competitive balance within the league. The league's policy decisions and its ability to remain economically viable, despite its short-sighted governance decisions, are discussed. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNSP; WSBM; WSJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384553
- ISBN
- 9781137384553
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Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Hardback. This collection focuses on the multi-layered links between international events and identity discourses. With a unique line-up of international scholars, this book offers a diverse range of exciting case studies, including sports competitions, music festivals, exhibitions, fashion shows and royal celebrations. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFP; JHBS; WSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137394927
- ISBN
- 9781137394927
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. This book examines Russia's 2013 anti-gay laws and their implications for the Sochi 2014 Olympics. Lenskyj argues that Putin's Russia and the International Olympic Committee wield power in similar ways, as evident in undemocratic governance, fraudulent voting processes, hypocrisy and absence of accountability. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBS; KNSP; LNJS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137399755
- ISBN
- 9781137399755
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Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardcover. Drawing upon interviews with key people in the World Rally Championship as well as trans-local ethnographic research, this book explores questions of commerciality and sporting identity, tackling the sport's controversial handling of the shift into 'the commercial age'. It is essential reading on combining sporting heritage and commercial progress. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; KNSP; WSB; WSPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405432
- ISBN
- 9781137405432
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Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Hardback. Editor(s): Darcy, Simon; Frawley, Stephen; Adair, Daryl. Num Pages: 302 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, 9 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: KNSP; WSBB; WSBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435200
- ISBN
- 9781137435200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.62
€ 134.62
Hardback. Num Pages: 164 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; JFFJ; JFSJ; JNB; WSBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485083
- ISBN
- 9781137485083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Hardcover. Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920 focuses upon the presentation and descriptions of identity that are presented through the depictions of the Olympics in the national press. This book breaks Britain down into its four nations and presents the debates that were present within their national press. Series: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; WSBB; WSBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137498618
- ISBN
- 9781137498618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.47
€ 123.47
Hardback. This book demonstrates that the European Union (EU) can curtail the autonomy of FIFA and UEFA by building upon insights from the principal-agent model. The author argues that EU institutional features complicate control, but do not render the EU powerless, and that FIFA and UEFA can deploy a variety of strategies to mitigate control. Series: The European Union in International Affairs. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; WSBM; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137517777
- ISBN
- 9781137517777
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Condition: New
€ 122.29
€ 122.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137583185
- ISBN
- 9781137583185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Paperback. Here is a fresh look at a political and economic puzzle: why do Joe and Jane Sixpack in the Bronx and Dallas pay taxes to subsidize ballparks for professional sports, despite evidence that publicly funded stadiums don't create net economic growth? Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; KC; WSBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 183 x 246 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461433316
- ISBN
- 9781461433316
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 37.70
€ 46.99
€ 37.70
Bidding for Development: How the Olympic Bid Process Can Accelerate Tr...
Abebe, Ngiste; Bolton, Mary Trina; Pavelka, M...
hardcover. Bidding for Development Series: Sports Economics, Management and Policy. Num Pages: 95 pages, 14 colour illustrations, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; KC; KNSP; WSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 95
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461489115
- ISBN
- 9781461489115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.77
€ 121.77
Hardcover. The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about. Editor(s): Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBTB; JFCA; WSBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241251
- ISBN
- 9780230241251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.38
€ 65.38
Hardcover. A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and political issues related to the Olympics. An essential, 'one-stop' volume for a wide range of academics, students and researchers. Editor(s): Lenskyj, Helen Jefferson; Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 608 pages, 9 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHBS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246539
- ISBN
- 9780230246539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.84
€ 189.84
Hardcover. Sport has a number of distinctive characteristics whichimpact onthe extent of its globalization. This book seeks to gain a deeper understanding of the unique development in sports, its governance, its logic of co-creation of value and the advancement of the industry towards internationalisation, professionalization and commercialization Editor(s): Dolles, Harald; Soderman, Sten. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 black & white tables, 11 figures. BIC Classification: KNSP; WSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230249257
- ISBN
- 9780230249257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.79
€ 122.79
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230389571
- ISBN
- 9780230389571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.11
€ 145.11
With details culled from interviews and family archives, this biography, the first of this rugged player of the Deadball Era, brings to life one of the genuine characters of baseball history. Num Pages: 440 pages, 41 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803244993
- ISBN
- 9780803244993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 40.29
€ 46.99
€ 40.29
During 1913-1914, the New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox took a trip around the world. This book follows the two teams, whose members include Christy Mathewson, Jim Thorpe, and others, as they barnstorm across the United States and sail the seas to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It also gives readers a glimpse into baseball history. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 3JJC; WSB; WSJT; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Nebraska
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803267480
- ISBN
- 9780803267480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.67
€ 26.99
€ 23.67
On March 4, 1928, 199 men lined up in Los Angeles, California, to participate in a 3,400-mile transcontinental footrace to New York City. The Bunion Derby, as the press dubbed the event, was the brainchild of sports promoter Charles C Pyle. He promised a $25,000 grand prize and claimed the competition would immortalize US Highway Route 66. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBT; WSB; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826343017
- ISBN
- 9780826343017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.81
€ 20.99
€ 20.81
Hardcover. Managing the Football World Cup explores areas often overlooked by project management and business studies researchers. Therefore considering the global impact of the Football World Cup it is time for a detailed examination of the planning, organization, management, implementation and related commercial features of this mega-sport event. Editor(s): Frawley, Stephen; Adair, Daryl. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KJMD; WSBM; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373663
- ISBN
- 9781137373663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.18
€ 133.18
Hardcover. The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics were seen as a success and the hosts were praised for the promotion of equality, tolerance and unity as well as inspiring a legacy to continue these values. This volume contains a collection of sociological case studies which critically assess the diverse impacts of London 2012 and its key controversies. Editor(s): Dixon, Kevin; Gibbons, Tom. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFSJ1; JHBS; WSB; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405074
- ISBN
- 9781137405074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.40
€ 63.40