Description:
Globalization and Sport is a unique collection which places sport at the heart of debates on global processes.
- Features major critical interventions by some of the world's leading sociologists and anthropologists on the subject of sport
- Contributors include George Ritzer, David Andrews, Frank Lechner, William Kelly, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Barry Smart, Paul James, Chris Rumford and Gary Armstrong
- Provides a mixture of original theories and fresh research material, examining sport in a diversity of settings, including Europe, the Americas, Australasia, Africa and Asia
- Essential reading for anyone interested in globalization processes or sport
Review Quotes: "The most intriguing parts of the book are where historical details of specific sports--cricket, soccer, Gaelic football, hurling, speed skating, baseball--are offered as evidence for the essayists' arguments on how the local interacts with outside forces, whether protecting, mimicking or influencing." (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, May 2009)