Sports Studies: Find Books & Ebooks

From the financing of mega-stadiums to player strikes to the sponsorship of events by alcohol and tobacco companies, this set covers the spectrum of topics and issues relating to the management and promotion of organized sports—one of the world's largest and most powerful industries.

Contains useful reviews of major theoretical frameworks and research topics in sports studies. Each chapter provides an informative historical context and an organized conceptual framework for making sense of the relevant scholarly literature.

This comprehensive handbook provides a survey of all the major research areas in sports economics written by almost all of the active researchers in this field. It offers not only an accessible insight into the major findings of the literature but also presents some of the world's principal researchers' views on the unanswered questions that face us today. Issues covered include: sport in the economy ; the demand for sport ; cost-benefit analysis of sport ; sporting governance and the state ; individualistic sports and team sports ; dysfunctions in sport including discrimination, doping and corruption.

This textbook is essential reading for those undertaking research into sport from a social science or management approach, either as part of an academic course, or for those employed within sport-related industries." "It provides a step-by-step guide to the research process, from the concept stage through to the presentation of results. Throughout the book, the research methodology is brought to life through the use of relevant case studies and examples.