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BL
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1028424
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b782794
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| Title & Author
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The global politics of sport : : the role of global institutions in sport /\ edited by Lincoln Allison.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Sport in the global society
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xi, 194 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203005465
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: 9780203005460
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0415346010
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0415346029
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9780415346016
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9780415346023
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Sport and globalisation / Lincoln Allison -- Sport, prestige and international relations / Lincoln Allison and Terry Monnington -- Not for the good of the game / John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson -- Olympic survivals / Alan Tomlinson -- Alternative models for the regulation of global sport / Ken Foster -- Sport and the nation in the global era / Alan Bairner -- Ther curious role of the USA in world sport / Lincoln Allison -- Local heroes and the global stars / Paul Gilchrist -- Selling out? The commercialisation and globalisation of lifestyle sport / Belinda Wheaton -- Afterword : more questions than answers / Lincoln Allison.
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| Abstract
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The book examines the increased influence on international sport of the politics of global institutions such as global economic market forces, International Non-Governmental Organisations and major multi-national business and media.
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Globalization.
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Sports and state.
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Globalization.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- History.
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Sports and state.
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| Dewey Classification
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796.09
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| LC Classification
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GV706.35.G56 2004eb
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| Added Entry
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Allison, Lincoln.
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