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  • The Business of the FIFA World Cup

    Edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, Christos Anagnostopoulos ...
    Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this book offers expert insight into the business and management of the FIFA World Cup, arguably the biggest sporting event in the world.The book takes the reader from the initial stages of bidding and hosting decisions, through the planning, organisation, and delivery phases, to assessment of the longer-term legacies of the competition. It ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Sport, Culture and Society

    An Introduction

    by Grant Jarvie, Paul Widdop, Ross Walker ...
    What can sport do to produce positive social change in our world today? Now in a fully revised, updated and expanded fourth edition, this critical, challenging and comprehensive textbook introduces the study of sport, culture and society.International in scope, the book challenges the reader to activate an audacious spirit of activism in and through sport. Full of contemporary examples, it places ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Geopolitical Economy of Esports

    Edited by Simon Chadwick, Yue Meng-Lewis, Donna Wong, Paul Widdop ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    This book adds a new dimension to our understanding of the global esports industry by examining its significance in the context of global geopolitics and economics.As perhaps the most rapidly growing sector of the sports and entertainment industry worldwide, esports is now both a glittering prize and a powerful tool for sporting organisations, international business, and national and regional ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • The Geopolitical Economy of Football

    Where Power Meets Politics and Business

    Edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, Michael M. Goldman ...
    This book examines the new geopolitical economy of football, exploring the intersection of money, politics, and power in the world’s most popular sport.Against a background of international conflict and the emergence of powerful new state actors in world sport, the book considers how football investments and events have become instruments of soft power and industrial development, and how football ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Continental Perspectives on the Geopolitical Economy of Football

    Edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, Michael M. Goldman ...
    This book explores continental perspectives on football's new geopolitical economy, examining how sport, politics, and the global economy have emerged in different parts of the world.Against a backdrop of international conflict and the rise of powerful new state actors in world sport, the book delves into countries and cases that explore how football investments and events have become instruments ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management

    Edited by Simon Chadwick, Daniel Parnell, Paul Widdop, Christos Anagnostopoulos ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Soccer is the world’s most valuable sport, generating bigger revenues, as well as being watched and played by more people, than any other. It is virtually impossible to understand the business of sport without understanding the football industry. This book surveys contemporary football in unparalleled breadth and depth.Presenting critical insights from world-leading football scholars and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Geopolitical Economy of Sport

    Power, Politics, Money, and the State

    Edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, Michael M. Goldman ...
    This is the first book to define and explore the geopolitical economy of sport – the intersection of power, politics, money, and state interests that both exploit and shape elite sport around the world.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the global response, and the consequent ramifications for sport have put the geopolitical economy of sport front and centre in both public debate and academic thinking. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Football, Politics and Identity

    Edited by James Carr, Daniel Parnell, Paul Widdop, Martin J. Power, Stephen R. Millar ...
    Series series Critical Research in Football
    This book presents a series of fascinating case studies that show how the lives and bodies of clubs, players and fans around the world are enmeshed with politics.It draws on original research in countries including England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland, Mexico, Algeria and Argentina and includes both historical and contemporary perspectives. It explores some of the most important themes in the study ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Business of the FIFA World Cup

    Edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, Christos Anagnostopoulos, Daniel Parnell ...
    The FIFA World Cup is arguably the biggest sporting event on earth. This book is the first to focus on the business and management of the World Cup, taking the reader from the initial stages of bidding and hosting decisions, through planning and organisation, to the eventual legacies of the competition.The book introduces the global context in which the World Cup takes place, surveying the history ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Football and Popular Culture

    Singing Out from the Stands

    Edited by Stephen R. Millar, Martin J. Power, Paul Widdop, Daniel Parnell, James Carr ...
    Series series Critical Research in Football
    Football is ubiquitous and a permanent fixture of modern life. More than a sport, it frequently manifests in broader popular culture. This book examines the significance of football for, and in, popular culture across a wide range of forms, including music, film, and social media.Football and Popular Culture plots a new path in Football Studies, drawing on original research in countries including ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Collective Action and Football Fandom

    A Relational Sociological Approach

    by Jamie Cleland, Mark Doidge, Peter Millward, Paul Widdop ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book draws upon a relational sociological paradigm to explore the processes of collective action in football fandom across Europe and the UK. Through a range of case studies, the authors address pertinent themes in football fandom, including anti-discrimination, ‘home,’ ticketing, name changes, ‘ownership,’ and broader leftist politics. Each of these case studies engages with the theoretical ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Social Networks and Music Worlds

    Edited by Nick Crossley, Siobhan McAndrew, Paul Widdop ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Social networks are critical for the creation and consumption of music. This edited collection, Social Networks and Music Worlds, introduces students and scholars of music in society to the core concepts and tools of social network analysis. The collection showcases the use of these tools by sociologists, historians and musicologists, examining a variety of distinct 'music worlds', including post ... Read more

    $62.99 USD