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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “marko begovic”
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  • No Slam Dunk

    Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change

    by Cheryl Cooky, Michela Musto, Lauren Rauscher, Marko Begovic, Carole Oglesby, Don Sabo, Marjorie Snyder, Suzel Bozada-Deas, Shari Dworkin, Ranissa Dycus, Faye Linda Wachs, Michael A. Messner ...
    Series series Critical Issues in Sport and Society
    In just a few decades, sport has undergone a radical gender transformation. However, Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner suggest that the progress toward gender equity in sports is far from complete. The continuing barriers to full and equal participation for young people, the far lower pay for most elite-level women athletes, and the continuing dearth of fair and equal media coverage all ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Professional Tennis and Transnational Law

    Contractual and Regulatory

    Edited by Ilias Bantekas, Marko Begović ...
    This book examines the intersection of professional tennis and legal regulation, unveiling a fascinating world where tennis meets domestic, international and transnational law, and showing the many ways these legal frameworks impact tennis. Filled with firsthand accounts of the legal landscape and its implication on tennis, the work provides an accessible, engaging portrait of the tennis ecosystem ... Read more

    $25.49 USD

  • Sports Policy and Politics in the Western Balkans

    by Marko Begović ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport Politics and Policy
    This book examines how states in the post-socialist Western Balkans region have used sport as a policy tool, and how sport in the region has been shaped by politics, history, and culture.Looking closely at the intersection of sports policy and politics in the countries of Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, this book explores the roles of sport in nation-building and how sport ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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    The Moral Limits of Markets

    by Michael J. Sandel ...
    In What Money Can't Buy, renowned political philosopher Michael J. Sandel rethinks the role that markets and money should play in our society.Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we put a price on human life to decide how much pollution to allow? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • The Third Revolution

    Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State

    by Elizabeth C. Economy ...
    In The Third Revolution, eminent China scholar Elizabeth C. Economy provides an incisive look at the transformative changes underway in China today. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has unleashed a powerful set of political and economic reforms: the centralization of power under Xi, himself, the expansion of the Communist Party's role in Chinese political, social, and economic life, and the construction ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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  • The Trans Generation

    How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) Are Creating a Gender Revolution

    by Travers ...
    Winner, 2019 PROSE Award for Anthropology, Criminology and Sociology, presented by the Association of American PublishersA groundbreaking look at the lives of transgender children and their familiesSome “boys” will only wear dresses; some “girls” refuse to wear dresses; in both cases, as Travers shows in this fascinating account of the lives of transgender kids, these are often more than just ... Read more

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  • Canada Lives Here

    The Case for Public Broadcasting

    by Wade Rowland ...
    Canada Lives Here tells the tumultuous story of public broadcasting in Canada, from its inception in 1933 to the CBC’s current, controversial attempts to adapt to collapsing revenues and new technologies. It explores in detail the struggle to preserve public space and foster community in an environment devoted to profit-making, arguing that the ideals of public service broadcasting are more ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Sport, Sexualities and Queer/Theory

    Edited by Jayne Caudwell ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
    The first book focusing exclusively on this subject, Sport, Sexualities and Queer/Theory captures the newest and best writing on an emerging focus of study that brings in perspectives from a number of disciplines including sports studies, gender studies, sociology, cultural studies, lesbian and gay studies, and queer studies. An accessible introduction to this dynamic field, this is an explorative ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Saving the CBC

    Balancing Profit and Public Service

    by Wade Rowland ...
    Asked to name the institutions that best define this country, most Canadians place our pubic broadcaster somewhere high on the list. But there is a very real danger that the CBC will not survive beyond the next two years in any recognizable form. Decades of budget cuts have left it dangerously weakened, and now a massive loss of television advertising revenue is predicted with the loss of NHL ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Working in China

    Ethnographies of Labor and Workplace Transformation

    Edited by Ching Kwan Lee ...
    Series series Asia's Transformations
    After a quarter of a century of market reform, China has become the workshop of the world and the leading growth engine of the global economy. Its immense labour force accounts for some twenty-nine per cent of the world's total labour pool but all too little is known about Chinese labour beyond the image of workers toiling under appalling sweatshop conditions for extremely low wages.Working in ... Read more

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  • Learning Culture through Sports

    Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports

    by Doug Abrams, Cheryl Cooky, Rylee Dionigi, Keith Harrison, Jackson Katz, Kyle Kusz, Carwyn Jones, Mary McDonald, Leanne Norman, Genevieve Rail, Barbara Ravel, Ellen Staurowsky, Cheria Thomas, Sanford S. Williams, Jay Coakley, Angela J. Hattery, C. Richard King, Richard Lapchick, Earl Smith ...
    In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical context for probing the sociological basis of this influence. The book's sections each address a ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Sport and the Law

    by Laura Donnellan ...
    Sport and the Law: A Concise Guide provides an overview of the law relating to sport in Ireland. In recent years we have seen an increased involvement of the law as it applies sport. Sport and the Law identifies the main legal concepts in a clear, concise and user-friendly manner. Sport and the Law: A Concise Guide is intended for use by sports governing bodies, sports persons, coaches, referees, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD