Routledge Handbook of Sport and Legacy (Routledge International Handbooks)
What remains of a great sporting spectacle after the last race is run or the final match is played? How can the vast expense of mounting such events be justified? What if there is nothing left behind or what if the legacy is negative, a costly infrastructure which is unused or a debt-ridden host city? The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Legacy addresses perhaps the most important issue in the hosting of major contemporary sporting events: the problem of 'legacy'. It offers a rigorous, innovative...
Developing Successful Sport Sponsorship Plans (Sport Management Library)
by David K. Stotlar
Safe Operation of Passenger Carrying Amusement Devices (Guidance Notes, PM 71)
Contemporary Sport Management
by Janet B. Parks, Beverly R.K. Zanger, and Jerome Quarterman
This text is aimed at students studying sport management, exercise, fitness management and athletic training. It should teach aspiring sport managers about this rapidly expanding field, enabling them to define sport management and discuss the scope of opportunities the sport industry presents. Thorough discussions on the major challenges confronting various segments of the industry are put in the historical context against psychological, sociological and philosophical foundations of sport. Key f...
Stewards of Access / Custodians of Choice
by Daniel L. Dustin, Leo H. McAvoy, John H. Schultz, Kelly Bricker, Jeff Rose, and Keri Schwab
Emerging Technologies in Sport (Routledge Research in Sport Business and Management)
Advances in technology have always had a significant impact on sport. This book surveys the next generation of emerging technologies and considers how sport managers, governing bodies and officials can meet the challenges that they pose for sport competition, participation and events. It explores cutting edge developments in areas such as gene doping, vision and brain technologies, 3D printing technologies, molecular communication technologies and our ability to "rebuild" bodies. Each chapter...
Power and Politics in World Athletics (Routledge Critical Studies in Sport)
by Joerg Krieger
This book provides the first detailed history of one of the most powerful international sport organisations, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since 2019 known as World Athletics. The book critically assesses the internal power relations within the IAAF by focusing on the IAAF leadership. Based on extensive archival research, Power and Politics in World Athletics offers a nuanced analysis of the institutionalised strategies that developed as a reflection of the IAA...
Once upon a time football was run by modest local businessmen. Today it is the plaything of billionaire oligarchs, staggeringly wealthy from oil and gas, from royalty, or from murkier sources. But who are these new masters of the universe? Where did all their money come from? And what do they want with our beautiful game? While almost cloaked in secrecy, the billionaire owner has to raise his head above the bunker when it comes to football ownership - a rare Achilles heel that allows access to...
The Organisation and Governance of Top Football Across Europe (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society, #7)
This book aims to provide an extensive overview of how football is organized and managed on a European level and in individual European countries, and to account for the evolution of the national, international and transnational management of football over the last decades.
Sport in Korea (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)
Korea has become a powerful force in global sport, with South Korea finishing fifth in the medals table at London 2012 and hosting the Winter Olympics in 2018. This book brings together scholars from disciplines including sport history, sociology, journalism, economics, sport development, and sport management to explore the significance of sport in contemporary Korea. Presenting a variety of international perspectives, it plots the dynamic evolution of sport in Korea and envisions the possibilit...
"The first comprehensive book on WWE's hottest brand NXT: The Future Is Now follows the rise of WWE's popular NXT brand from its conception to the brink of taking over WWE with its own rabid following. For decades, sports-entertainment had no centralized system for recruiting and training talent. Recognizing this need, Paul Levesque - better known as 14-time World Champion Triple H - convinced Vince McMahon that WWE must reinvent itself. This book delivers the revealing story of Levesque's visio...
Programming for Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Services, 3rd Ed.
by Debra J Jordan
Includes profiles of: Robert Greenleaf, Jane Addams, Winnie Wong, Carolyn Griffiths, Lydia Kuyvenhoven, Barbara Cobas, Dana M. Bates, Jermal Stevenson, Mark Freidline, Ron Coplin, and Vicki Proctor.
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay) has always engendered an emotional reaction from the public. From his appearance as an Olympic champion to his iconic status as a national hero, his carefully constructed image and controversial persona have always been intensely scrutinized. In Muhammad Ali, Michael Ezra considers the boxer who calls himself "The Greatest" from a new perspective. He writes about Ali's pre-championship bouts, the management of his career and his current legacy, exploring the prom...
Recreation and Leisure Programming
by Christopher R. Edginton, Rodney B. Dieser, Samuel V. Lankford, and Christopher L. Kowalski
Sport Mega-Events, Security and COVID-19 (Critical Research in Football)
by Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
Offers an understanding of 'security' and 'safety' in the modern world. Captures the dramatic moments in which COVID-19 transitioned into a security threat with severe impacts on the world of football and well beyond. Makes a series of timely and important contributions and advances existing debates in the social study of sports.
Performance Monitoring and Evaluation in Leisure Management
by Stephen. Howell and Pat Badmin