This timely book offers a critical interpretation of the traditional social and economic accounts of sport. It provides an incisive analysis of professional spo

Sport studies has become one of the largest and fastest growing international industries. This collection of essays from a range of international contributors a

At the global level, sport is ruled by a set of organizations including giants such as the IOC (Olympics), FIFA (soccer), and the IAAF (athletics) as well as sp

Starting with a major survey of the economics of sport, this volume involves primarily a comparison of the European and American models of sport, how to restruc