Abstract des Verlegers

Have you ever wondered why states invest so heavily in sports mega-events? Ever considered who benefits from these (mostly publicly financed) 'mega' events? Part of the rationale of this edited collection is to go beyond the positive discourse that attends sports 'megas'. The volume of essays from a stellar international cast of experts offers a panoramic and interdisciplinary view of the growing field of Sports Mega-Event studies. The contributions cover discussion of the key concepts and debates in cutting-edge research, examples of leveraging strategies and the legacies from previous sports megas (such as London, Seoul, Sydney, Vancouver) and examples and analyses of recent and future 'emerging' states and their hosting strategies (such as India, China, Qatar and Russia). Content: PART I: Conceptual issues: 1. From Legacy to Leverage; Laurence Chalip 2. Megas for Strivers: the Politics of Second Order Events; David Black 3. 'Legacy' Revisited; Holger Preuss 4. Sports Mega-Events and Mass Participation in Sport; Mike Weed 5. Neo-Liberalism and Sports Mega-Events; Michael Silk PART II: Previous sports mega-event strategies: 6. Sydney 2000 and Melbourne 2006: A Tale of Two Australian Cities; Bob Stewart 7. 'Leaving Las Magas', or Can Sustainability ever be Social? Vancouver 2010 in Post-Political Perspective; Caitlin Pentifallo and Robert Van Wynsberghe 8. Seoul 1998; Alan Bairner and Ji-Hyun Cho 9. The Legacy of the 2002 Shanghai Tennis Masters Cup; Dongfeng Liu 10. London 2012; John Horne and Barrie Houlihan PART III: 'Emerging states' and sports mega-events: 11. Magical Thought and the Legacy Discourse of the 2008 Beijing Games; Wolfram Manzenreiter 12. Dreaming Big: Spectacular Events and the 'World-Class' City - The Commonwealth Games in Delhi; Amita Baviskar 13. South Africa's 'Coming Out Party': Reflections on the Significance and Implications of the 2010 FIFA World Cup; Scarlett Cornelissen 14. Qatar, Global Sport, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup; Paul Brannagan and Richard Giulianotti 15. Russia: Showcasing a 'Re-Emerging' State?; Oleg Golubchikov and Irina Slepukhina. Verlagsinformation