- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 329 pages)
- Summary
- The spectacle of major cultural and sporting events can preoccupy modern societies. This book is concerned with contemporary mega-events, like the Olympics and Expos. Using a sociological perspective Roche argues that mega-events reflect the major social changes which now influence our societies, particularly in the West, and that these amount to a new 'second phase' of the modernization process. Changes are particularly visible in the media, urban and global locational aspects of mega-events. Thus he suggests that contemporary mega-events, both in their achievements and their vulnerabilities, reflect, in the media sphere, the rise of the internet; in the urban sphere, de-industrialisation and the growing ecological crisis; and in the global sphere, the relative decline of the West and the rise of China and other 'emerging' countries.
- Series Statement
- Globalizing Sport Studies
- Uniform Title
- Mega-events and social change (Online)
- Globalizing sport studies.
- Alternative Title
- Mega-events and social change (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-324) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2017302247
- OCLC
- ssj0001854518
- Author
Roche, Maurice.
- Title
Mega-events and social change [electronic resource] : spectacle, legacy and public culture / Maurice Roche.
- Imprint
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
- Series
Globalizing Sport Studies
Globalizing sport studies.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-324) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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