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Critical Issues in Global Sport Management

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Critical Issues in Global Sport Management explores the social, cultural, and economic impact of sport worldwide, addressing pressing challenges such as match-fixing, doping, bribery, corruption, governance, corporate social responsibility, and the influence of new media. Featuring twenty chapters and real-life case studies from international experts, the book provides an in-depth analysis of contemporary sport management and ethical issues, emphasising the need for innovative solutions to maintain integrity and accountability in the global sport industry.
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This book is ideal for students, researchers, and practitioners in sport management, sport business, sport development, and sport events, particularly those seeking a global and critical perspective on current issues in the sport industry.

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The social, cultural and economic significance of sport has never been more evident than it is today. Adopting a critical management perspective, this book examines the most important themes and challenges in global sport management. From match-fixing, doping, bribery and corruption to corporate social responsibility, governance, and new media, it helps students, researchers and practitioners to understand the changing face of the global sport industry.

Written by leading international sport management experts, Critical Issues in Global Sport Management includes twenty chapters and real-life case studies from around the world. It examines contemporary governance and management issues as well as the ethical challenges faced by the global sport industry, including questions of integrity and accountability in recent drug scandals that have been widely reported and debated. This book deals with such questions and many more, highlighting the fact that the global sport system is in urgent need of new and innovative solutions to these ongoing problems.

Based on cutting-edge research from the US, UK, Australia, Europe and beyond, this book will add depth and currency to any course in sport management, sport business, sport development, or sport events.

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International Journal of Sport Communication praises the book's organisation into three key focus areas, making it suitable for both introductory and advanced sport management courses. The timely topics encourage class discussion, group work, and self-reflection, making it an effective resource for educators and students alike.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138911222

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 October 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 12 Tables, black and white; 16 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white; 31 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

  • Edited by Stephen Frawley
  • Edited by Nico Schulenkorf

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 780g

Pages: 298

About the Author

Nico Schulenkorf is Senior Lecturer for Sport Management at the UTS Business School, Sydney, Australia. His research focuses on the social, cultural and health-related outcomes of sport-for-development and event management projects. Nico has worked with local and international NGOs, Government Agencies, Sport Associations and Ministries in developing capacities to implement development projects in countries such as Sri Lanka, Israel/Palestine and the Pacific Islands. Nico is co-editor of Global Sport-for-Development: Critical Perspectives (Palgrave, 2014) and Managing Sport Development: An International Approach (Routledge, 2016). He is also co-founder and editor of the Journal of Sport for Development.

Stephen Frawley is the Director of the Australian Centre for Olympic Studies at the UTS Business School, Sydney, Australia. His research is focused on the organisation and management of the Olympic Games and associated sport mega-events. He has published widely on the Olympic Games and the Football World Cup and is the editor of Managing the Olympics, Managing the Football World Cup and Managing Sport Mega-Events. Stephen’s academic work is informed by his experience working on sport mega-events. From 1998 to 2001 he worked for the Sydney 2000 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and he was an advisor to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee.

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