Sports Mega-Events in Asia

Sports Mega-Events in Asia – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9789819900107,9819900107

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9819900107
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9819900107
• Author: Koji Kobayashi, John Horne, Younghan Cho, Jung Woo Lee 

This book is the first comprehensive collection focusing on the hosting of sports mega-events within Asia and their impact on the politics, economics, and culture that shape, and are shaped by, the local idiosyncrasies of host cities and countries across this most culturally diverse continent. From the Olympic Games and single sport World Cups, to the Asian Games and their sub-regional variations, an increasing number of Asian countries have rapidly developed their capacity to host and mobilize large-scale sports events as a cornerstone of their economic growth, national identity formation, and international prestige. This book sets out to fill a gap in the literature and will be of particular relevance to those who are interested in globalization, sports studies, political economy, cultural studies, event management and policy, sociology, media studies, and Asian studies

Table of contents:

Part I: Asia’s Traditional Sports

Part II: The Rise of Modern Sport and the Olympic Movement in Asia

Part III: Sport Policy and Practice: Public and Private Provision

Part IV: Social Stratification and Diversity in Asian Sport

Part V: Sport in West Asia and the Middle East

Part VI: Asian Mega Sporting Events

Part VII: Asia’s Sport Heroes and Heroines

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