The Global Politics of Sport

Download or read book The Global Politics of Sport written by Lincoln Allison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lincoln Allison Emeritus Professor of sport studies. He is a well-liked and well-respected name in the field. His previous The Changing Politics of Sport, Frank Cass, 1993 featured in a Daily Telegraph best-seller list (sports titles). This subject matter (globalisation of sport/international sport politics) forms a core part of sociology of sport courses now. This is a fairly accessible text that will be more useful for lecturers than some related titles on offer (see competition). There's a broad market for this text with potential readers across the social sciences in sports studies, politics and sociology.