Sports Global Influence : a Survey of Society and Culture in the Context of Sport.

Intro -- Sports Global Influence: A Survey of Society and Culture in the Context of Sport -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I Commercialization, Institutionalization and Sport -- Hosting the World Cup in Qatar: Managing Fans and Building Infrastructure in Double Time -- Legitimacy Earned or Conveyed? International Norms and the Olympic Games -- Sport Psychology within the South African Primary School Curriculum -- Playing for Free: The Commodification of Jesus Shuttlesworth and the Big Business of Free Labour in the NCAA -- Part II Society, Culture and Sport -- Sport is Good? Looking at Sport Involvement through the Lens of Positive Psychology -- Physical Capital and Intra-University Sports: A Binomial Analysis of Improvements -- The Impact of a Participant-Centred Sport for Social Change Intervention Pilot Project in the UK -- Electronic Football Fandom as Performance -- Transgender Women in Sports: Should they be allowed to compete against women.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.