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Sport Empire

by James Skinner, Allan Edwards
RM25.68 MYR Now RM14.51 MYR Save 43%
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Global sports domination portraited from a Marxist perspective.

The Sport Empire provides a critical analysis of the sports industry, highlighting how it is dominated by a select few organizations, multinational companies, and media conglomerates. It showcases the disadvantages faced by marginalized groups and how new methods of protest and resistance are being implemented. This book would be a good fit for individuals looking for a unique perspective on the effects of globalization on sports.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Sport Empire

by James Skinner, Allan Edwards
RM25.68 MYR Now RM14.51 MYR Save 43%
ISBN: 9781841261683
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM89.75 MYR
Authors: James Skinner, Allan Edwards
Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Sport
Date of Publication: 2007-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sports, Politics, Sociology
Related Topics: Political Science, Sociology, Theory, Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice
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The book critiqules the globalisation of sport from a Autonomist Marxist perspective. This analysis is supported by numerous International sport examples that highlight how sport is being governed by a select group of sport organisations, multinational companies and media conglomerates. This domination of the sport Industry is marginalising disadvantaged groups and is subsequently being challenged by new methods of protest and resistance. "The sport Empire" provides compelling reading for those Interested in the effects of globalisation of sport.
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Global sports domination portraited from a Marxist perspective.

The Sport Empire provides a critical analysis of the sports industry, highlighting how it is dominated by a select few organizations, multinational companies, and media conglomerates. It showcases the disadvantages faced by marginalized groups and how new methods of protest and resistance are being implemented. This book would be a good fit for individuals looking for a unique perspective on the effects of globalization on sports.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.