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Contemporary Cases in Sport.
Title:
Contemporary Cases in Sport.
Author:
Fyall, Alan.
ISBN:
9781908999221
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (270 pages)
Series:
Contemporary Cases ; v.Volume 1

Contemporary Cases
Contents:
1 -- The Case Study Approach -- Academic Pariah or Wrongly Maligned? -- Brian Garrod and Alan Fyall -- 2 -- Writing Case Studies -- Reaction and Reflection, Rigour and Relevance -- Alan Fyall and Brian Garrod -- SECTION ONE -- SPORT, POLICY and DEVELOPMENT -- 3 -- Ultra-marathons and Tourism Development -- The Canadian Death Race in Grande Cache, Alberta -- Tom Hinch -- 4 -- More than a Game -- Corporate Social Responsibility in Professional Football -- Tim Breitbarth -- SECTION TWO -- IMPACTS and LEGACY -- 5 -- The Economics, Economic Impacts and Wider Legacies of Sports Mega-Events -- The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games -- Xi Wang and ShiNa Li -- 6 -- Resident Impacts of Sport Events -- Leo Jago, Margaret Deery and Liz Fredline -- 7 -- Cultural Programmes for Sporting Mega-Events -- London 2012 - A Case Study -- Nancy Stevenson -- SECTION THREE -- IDENTITY and EXPERIENCES -- 8 -- Active Sports Tourism -- Active Sports Tourists Competing in the 2011 MBNA Chester Marathon -- Amanda Miller -- 9 -- Sporting Identities in Youth -- Examining Mountain Biking Lifestyles -- Katherine King -- 10 -- Nostalgia and Sport -- Sean Gammon and Gregory Ramshaw -- 11 -- Personal Mobility and Professional Movements -- Monitoring the Motives of Modern Sports Migrants -- Richard Keith Wright -- Abbreviations -- Index.
Abstract:
Examines 12 international cases under the sections of policy and politics, impacts and legacy, and identity and experiences. Cases include: economics, corporate social responsibility, leveraging benefits, resident impacts of sports events, sport and visitor behaviour and nostalgia and sport, and more.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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