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Leonard Cassuto, Stephen Partridge
The Cambridge Companion to Baseball
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
Baseball is much more than a game. As the American national pastime, it has reflected the political and cultural concerns of US society for over 200 years, and generates passions and loyalties unique in American society. This Companion examines baseball in culture, baseball as culture, and the game's global identity. Contributors contrast baseball's massive, big-business present with its romanticized origins and its evolution against the backdrop of American and world history. The chapters cover topics such as baseball in the movies, baseball and mass media, and baseball in Japan and Latin America. Between the chapters are vivid profiles of iconic characters including Babe Ruth, Ichiro and Walter O'Malley. Crucial moments in baseball history are revisited, ranging from the 1919 Black Sox gambling scandal to recent controversies over steroid use. A unique book for fans and scholars alike, this Companion explains the enduring importance of baseball in America and beyond. (da sito Cambridge University Press)
Vedi indiceIntroduction Leonard Cassuto
Chronology Stephen Partridge
1. The rules of baseball Steven P. Gietschier
2. Baseball in literature, baseball as literature Timothy Morris and Stephen Partridge
3. Babe Ruth, sabermetrics, and baseball's politics of greatness Leonard Cassuto and David Grant
Interchapter:
Babe Ruth Leonard Cassuto
4. Not the major leagues: Japanese- and Mexican-Americans and the national pastime Samuel O. Regalado
5. Baseball and the color line: from the Negro Leagues to Major League Baseball Leslie Heaphy
Interchapter: Jackie Robinson and Curt Flood Matthew Frye Jacobson
6. Baseball and war Richard Crepeau
7. Baseball and the American city David Finoli
Interchapter: Walter O'Malley Leonard Cassuto
8. Baseball at the movies George Grella
9. The baseball fan Al Filreis
10. Baseball and material culture David F. Venturo
Interchapter: the Honus Wagner T-206 baseball card David F. Venturo
11. Global baseball: Japan and East Asia Masaru Ikei
Interchapter: Roberto Clemente and Ichiro Leonard Cassuto
12. Global baseball: Latin America Arturo J. Marcano and David P. Fidler
13. Cheating in baseball David Luban and Daniel Luban
Interchapter: Pete Rose Leonard Cassuto
14. The evolution of baseball's economy Andrew Zimbalist
Interchapter: Andy Messersmith, Charlie Finley, and George Steinbrenner Jonathan Lewin
15. Baseball and the mass media Curt Smith
A guide to further reading.
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Anthony Bateman, Jeffrey Hill
The Cambridge Companion to Cricket
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011
Few other team sports can equal the global reach of cricket. Rich in history and tradition, it is both quintessentially English and expansively international, a game that has evolved and changed dramatically in recent times. Demonstrating how the history of cricket and its international popularity is entwined with British imperial expansion, this book examines the social and political impact of the game in a variety of cultural sites: the West Indies, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. An international team of contributors explores the enduring influence of cricket on English identity, examines why cricket has seized the imagination of so many literary figures and provides profiles of iconic players including Bradman, Lara and Tendulkar. Presenting a global panoramic view of cricket's complicated development, its unique adaptability and its political and sporting controversies, the book provides a rich insight into a unique sporting and cultural heritage. da sito (Cambridge University Press)
Vedi indiceList of figures and tables
List of contributors
Chronology
List of frequently used abbreviations
Introduction
Jeffrey Hill and Anthony Bateman
1 Cricket pastoral and Englishness
Anthony Bateman
2 Cricket in the eighteenth century
Rob Light
3 Corruption in cricket
David Frith
4 Broadcasting and cricket in England
Jack Williams
5 Bodyline, Jardine and masculinity
Patrick F. Mcdevitt
6 Don Bradman: just a boy from Bowral
Tom Heenan and David Dunstan
7 The Packer cricket war
Richard Cashman
8 New Zealand cricket and the colonial relationship
Greg Ryan
9 C. L. R. James and cricket
Kenneth Surin
10 Reading Brian Lara and the traditions of Caribbean cricket poetry
Claire Westall
11 The detachment of West Indies cricket from the nationalist scaffold
Hilary Mcd. Beckles
12 The Indian Premier League and world cricket
Boria Majumdar
13 Hero, celebrity and icon: Sachin Tendulkar and Indian public culture
Prashant Kidambi
14 Conflicting loyalties: nationalism and religion in India–Pakistan cricket relations
Mihir Bose
15 Cricket and representations of beauty: Newlands Cricket Ground and the roots of apartheid in South African cricket
Andre Odendaal
16 Writing the modern game
Rob Steen
17 Cricket and international politics
Stephen Wagg and Jon Gemmell
Further reading
Index
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Rob Steen, Jed Novick, Huw Richards
The Cambridge Companion to Football
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013
Football is the world's most popular sport. It is a cultural phenomenon and a global media spectacle. For its billions of fans, it serves as a common language. But where does its enduring popularity come from? Featuring essays from prominent experts in the field, scholars and journalists, this Companion covers ground seldom attempted in a single volume about football. It examines the game's oft-disputed roots and traces its development through Europe, South America and Africa, analysing whether resistance to the game is finally beginning to erode in China, India and the United States. It dissects the cult of the manager and how David Beckham redefined sporting celebrity. It investigates the game's followers, reporters and writers, as well as its most zealous money makers and powerful administrators. A valuable resource for students, scholars and general readers, The Cambridge Companion to Football is a true and faithful companion for anyone fascinated by the people's game. da sito (Cambridge University Press)
Vedi indiceList of contributors
List of figures and tables
Chronology
Foreword Sir Michael Parkinson
Introduction Alan Tomlinson
Part I. Foundations:
1. Kicking off: the origins of association football Dave Russell
The game-changers: Billy Meredith Huw Richards
2. Uruguay: the first world power Chris Taylor
The game-changers: Henri Delaunay Huw Richards
3. Austria and Hungary: the Danubian School Huw Richards
The game-changers: Alfredo Di Stéfano Rob Steen
4. Italy: football as politics – Mussolini to Berlusconi Paddy Agnew
The game-changers: Pelé Huw Richards
5. Brazil: rhythm and grooves Jim White
The game-changers: Diego Maradona Huw Richards
6. Africa: towards global football citizenship? Paul Darby
The game-changers: Eusébio Rob Steen
Part II. Development:
7. Money, money, money: the English Premier League Peter Berlin
The game-changers: Didier Drogba Jed Novick
8. The boss: a very British convention Colin Shindler
The game-changers: Sir Alex Ferguson Will Tidey
9. David Beckham and the celebrity phenomenon Jed Novick
The game-changers: George Best Rob Steen
10. Football and feminism Jean Williams
The game-changers: Mia Hamm Huw Richards
11. Fans: consumers, hooligans and activists John Williams
The game-changers: Franz Beckenbauer Rob Steen
12. Sheepskin coats and nannygoats: the view from the press box Rob Steen
The game-changers: Havelange, Blatter and Platini – the ruling class Rob Steen and John Vale
13. Brought to book: football and literature Peter Stead
The game-changers: Johan Cruyff Jon Vale
Part III. Where We Are:
14. What took you so long? Spain conquers the world Huw Richards
The game-changers: José Mourinho Jed Novick
15. Where next? Football's new frontiers Toby Miller
The game-changers: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo Jed Novick
Further reading
Index.
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Rebecca Cassidy
The Cambridge Companion to Horseracing
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013
People have been racing horses for thousands of years, all over the world. Yet horseracing is often presented as an English creation that was exported, unaltered, to the colonies. This Companion investigates the intersection of racing and literature, art, history and finance, casting the sport as the product of cross-class, cosmopolitan and international influences. Chapters on racing history and the origins of the thoroughbred demonstrate how the gift of a fast horse could forge alliances between nations, and the extent to which international power dynamics can be traced back to racetracks and breeding sheds. Leading scholars and journalists draw on original research and firsthand experience to create portraits of the racetracks of Newmarket, Kentucky, the Curragh, and Hunter Valley, exposing readers to new racing frontiers in China and Dubai as well. A unique resource for fans and scholars alike, reopening essential questions regarding the legacy and importance of horseracing today. da sito (Cambridge University Press)
Vedi indiceList of illustrations
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Horseracing: a chronology
Introduction Rebecca Cassidy
1. Sporting with kings Richard Nash
2. The thoroughbred in British art Douglas Fordham
3. The fiction of horseracing Jane Smiley
4. From Godolphin to Godolphin: the turf re-laid Wray Vamplew
5. Festivals Sean Magee
6. Bodies on the line: the social and physical capital of race riding John Maynard
7. Life in the backstretch James Helmer
8. Irish racing's peaceable kingdoms Michael Hinds
9. 'Sydney or the Bush': adaptation, centrality and periphery in Australian horseracing Wayne Peake
10. Saratoga style Jonathan Silverman
11. The Dubai connection Rachel Pagones
12. Racing in Asia Mark Godfrey
13. Global markets, changing technology: the future of the betting industry Mark Davies
14. Horseracing: local traditions and global connections Chris McConville.
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by David L. Andrews (Editor), Ben Carrington (Editor)
A Companion to Sport
Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
A Companion to Sport brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture. (da sito Wiley)
Vedi indicePart One: Sporting Structures and Historical Formations
1. Constructing Knowledge: Histories of Modern Sport
2. Sport and Globalization
3. The Sport/Media Complex: Formation, Flowering and Future
4. Political Theories of Social Class, Sport, and the Body
5. Gender, Feminist Theory and Sport
6. Sports Medicine, Health, and the Politics of Risk
7. Sport, Ecological Modernization, and the Environment
Part Two: Bodies and Identities
8. Paradox of Privilege: Sport, Masculinities, and the Commodified Body
9. Racism, Body Politics, and Football
10. Physical Culture, Pedagogies of Health and the Gendered Body
11. Gay Male Athletes and Shifting Masculine Identities
12. Sport, the Body and the Technologies of Disability
Part Three: Contested Space and Politics
13. US Imperialism, Sport, and “The most famous soldier in the war”
14. The Realities of Fantasy: Politics and Sports Fandom in the Twenty First Century
15. Sport, Palestine and Israel
16. Cities and the Cultural Politics of Sterile Sporting Space
17. Swimming Pools, Civic Life and Social Capital
Part Four: Cultures, Subcultures and (Post)Sport
18. Sports Fandom
19. Sporting Violence and Deviant Bodies
20. Dissecting Action Sports Studies: Past, Present and Beyond
21. Heidegger, Parkour, Post-sport and the Essence of Being
22. Race-ing Men: Cars, Identity and Performativity
23. Chess as Art, Science, and Sport
Part Five: Sport, Mega Events, and Spectacle
24. Sport Mega-Events as Political Mega-Projects: A Critical Analysis of the 2010 FIFA World Cup
25. Sporting Mega-Events, Urban Modernity and Architecture
26. Sports, the Beijing Olympics, and Global Media Spectacles
27. Always Already Excluded: The Gendered Facts of Anti-Blackness and Brazil’s Male seleção
28. To Be Like Everyone Else, Only Better: The US’s Men’s Football Team as New Cultural Icon
29. Sport, Spectacle and the Political Economy of Mega Events: The Case of the Indian Premier League
Part Six: Sporting Celebrities/Cultural Icons
30. Global Sporting Icons: Consuming Signs of Economic and Cultural Transformation
31. Embodying American Democracy: Performing the Female Sporting Icon
32. Monty Panesar and the New (Sporting) Asian Britishness
33. Earl’s Loins - Or, Inventing Tiger Woods
34. Deleuze and the Disabled Sports Star
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Söderman, S. Dolles, H.
Handbook Of Research On Sport And Business
Cheltenham: E. Elgar, 2013
This Handbook draws together top international researchers and discusses the state-of-the-art and the future direction of research at the nexus between sport and business. It is heavily built upon choosing, applying and evaluating appropriate quantitative as well as qualitative research methods for practical advice in sport and business research.
Vedi indiceForeword
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Research on Sport and Business
Harald Dolles and Sten Söderman
2. A Call for More Mixed Methods in Sport Management Research
Andy Rudd and Burke Johnson
PART II: GOVERNANCE AND PERFORMANCE
3. Researching Elite Sport Systems Using Process Benchmarking
Leigh Robinson and Nikolai Böhlke
4. Qualitative Comparative Analysis on Sport Governing Bodies a Tool on Ways Towards High Performance Mathieu Winand and Thierry Zintz
5. Comparing Apples with Oranges in International Elite Sport Studies. Is it Possible?
Veerle deBosscher, Jasper Truyens, Simon Shibli and Marten van Bottenburg
6. Sports Governance in Ireland: Insights on Theory and Practice
Ann Bourke
7. Regulation and the Search for a Profitable Business Model: A Case Study of the English Football Industry
Geoff Walters and Sean Hamil
8. The Governance of the Game: A Review of the Research on Football’s Governance
Hallgeir Gammelsæter and Benoit Senaux
9. Case Study Research in Sport Management – A Reflection Upon the Theory of Science and an Empirical Example
Eivind Å. Skille
PART III: MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
10. Social Media and Prosumerism: Implications for Sport Marketing Research
James Santomier and Patricia Hogan
11. The Economics of Listed Sports Events in a Digital Era of Broadcasting: A Case Study of the UK
Harry Arne Solberg and Chris Gratton
12. The Sale of Media Sports Rights – a Game Theoretic Approach
Harry Arne Solberg and Kjetil Kåre Haugen
PART IV: PLACE, TIME AND SPECTATORS
13. Triple Impact Assessments of Sport Events
Tommy D. Andersson
14. Sacrés Français! Why They Don’t Have Great Football Stadia, How They Will. Political, Economical and Marketing Implications of the UEFA EURO 2016
Boris Hellau and Michel Desbordes
15. Social Impacts of Hosting Major Sport Events: The Impact of the 2007 Arrival of a Stage of the Tour de France on the City of Ghent
Anne-line Balduck, Marc Maes and Marc Buelens
16. What do they Really Think? Researching Residents’ Perception of Megasport Events
Alessandro Chito Guala and Douglas Michele Turco
17. Lessons from the Field: Spectator Research for Sport Businesses
Douglas Michele Turco
PART V: CLUB MANAGEMENT AND TEAMS
18. Portfolio Theory and the Management of Professional Sports Clubs: The Case of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Norm O’Reilly
19. Proposing a Relationship Marketing Theory for Sport Clubs
Hans Jansson and Sten Söderman
20. The Network of Value Captures in Football Club Management: A Framework to Develop and Analyze Competitive Advantage in Professional Team Sports
Harald Dolles and Sten Söderman
21. Panel Econometrics in Sports Economics Research: Player Remuneration and Sporting Performance Bernd Frick
22. Examining Corporate Social Responsibility in Football: The Application of Grounded Theory Methodology
Christos Anagnostopoulos
PART VI: SPORT BRANDING AND SPONSORING
23. A Review of Fan Identity and its Influence on Sport Sponsorship Effectiveness
Torsten Schlesinger
24. State of the Art and Science in Sponsorship-linked Marketing
T. Bettina Cornwell
25. Participant Observation in Sport Management Research: Collecting and Interpreting Data of a Successful World Land Speed Record Attempt Mark Dibben and Harald Dolles
26. Brand Equity Models in the Spotlight of Sport Business
Tim Ströbel and Herbert Woratschek
PART VII: REFLECTION
27. From Outside Lane to Inside Track. Sport Management Research in the 21st Century
Simon Chadwick
28. The Special Features of Sport: A Critical Revisit
Aaron C.T. Smith and Bob Stewart
29. Outlook: Sport and Business – A Review and Further Research Agenda
Harald Dolles and Sten Söderman
Index
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Leeds, E.M. Leeds, M.A.
Handbook On The Economics Of Women In Sports
Cheltenham: E. Elgar,
Women’s sports have received much less attention from economists than from other social scientists. This Handbook fills that gap with a comprehensive economic analysis of women’s sports. It also analyzes how the behavior and treatment of female athletes reflect broad economic forces.
Contributors to this volume use current theoretical models and econometric tools to examine the legal, social, and economic forces that affect the experiences of female athletes. They address such traditional topics as discrimination against female athletes and coaches and the effect of athletic events on the economies of host countries. They also apply theory and estimation to new settings, such as how women respond to tournaments in skiing and figure skating or how the growing dominance of Korean women on the LPGA tour is a form of immigration. (da sito Elgar)
Vedi indiceIntroduction: Women, Sports, and Economics
Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds
PART I: WOMEN AND SPORT IN CONTEXT
1. Women’s Attendance at Sports Events
Sara S. Montgomery and Michael D. Robinson
2. Participation in Women’s Sports in Australia
Ross Booth and Michael A. Leeds
3. Individual Decision-making in a Social Context: The Sociological Determinants of Female Sports Participation
Judith Stull
PART II: PERFORMANCE AND REWARDS IN WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
4. Gender and Skill Convergence in Professional Golf
Stephen Shmanske
5. Gender Differences in Responses to Incentives in Sports: Some New Results from Golf
Keith F. Gilsdorf and Vasant A. Sukhatme
6. Earnings and Performance in Women’s Skiing
XiaoGang Che and Brad R. Humphreys
7. Understanding the WNBA On and Off the Court
David J. Berri and Anthony C. Krautmann
8. The Goals and Impacts of Age Restrictions in Sports
Ryan M. Rodenberg
PART III: WOMEN IN INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS
9. The Economics of Title IX Compliance in Intercollegiate Athletics
Susan L. Averett and Sarah M. Estelle
10. Revenues and Subsidies in Collegiate Sports: An Analysis of NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball
Robert W. Brown and R. Todd Jewell
11. The Impact of Increased Academic Standards of Proposition 16 on the Graduation Rates of Women and Men in Division IA Intercollegiate Athletics
B. Erin Fairweather
12. Gender Differences in Competitive Balance in Intercollegiate Basketball
Jaret Treber, Rachel Levy and Victor A. Matheson
13. Coaching Women and Women Coaching: Pay Differentials in the Title IX Era
Peter von Allmen
PART IV: WOMEN IN OLYMPIC AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTS
14. Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Evidence from 100m Races
Bernd Frick and Friedrich Scheel
15. Do Men and Women Respond Differently to Economic Contests? The Case of Men’s and Ladies’ Figure Skating
Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds
16. International Soccer and Gender Inequality: Revisitied
Joshua Congdon-Hohman and Victor Matheson
17. The Economic Impact of the Women’s World Cup
Dennis Coates
18. An Economic Analysis of the Sudden Influx of Korean Female Golfers into the LPGA
Young Hoon Lee, Ilhyeok Park, Joon-Ho Kang and Younghan Lee
19. Media Coverage and Pay in Women’s Basketball and Netball in Australia
Ross Booth
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Edited by Wolfgang Maennig, Andrew Zimbalist
International Handbook On The Economics Of Mega Sporting Events
Cheltenham: Elgar, 2012
From the Olympics to the World Cup, mega sporting events are a source of enjoyment for tens of thousands of people, but can also be a source of intense debate and controversy. This insightful Handbook addresses a number of central questions, including: How are host cities selected and under what economic conditions? How are these events organized, and how is local resistance overcome? Based on historical and empirical experience, what are the pitfalls for the organizers of these events? What are the potential economic benefits, including any international image effects? How can the costs be minimized and the benefits maximized for host cities and countries? How do these mega events impact the challenges of globalization and what is their environmental legacy?
Compiled and edited by two internationally renowned sports economists, the expert contributions elaborate on the specific mechanisms of the bid processes, analyse the determining factors of winning bids, and illustrate how to construct future bid campaigns. Underpinned by case studies from four continents and by theoretical considerations, the reasons for seemingly systemic cost overruns are explored and analysed, as are the effects on national and regional employment and income, property values, non-traditional economic variables (such as psychological and marketing benefits) and urban branding and transformation. The Handbook also reflects on important elements of design of the games in order to better plan, prepare and allocate resources – including, for example, sustainability issues and the use of campaigns to secure positive perceptions.
This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the financing and economic impact of mega sporting events, as well as a full discussion of how host cities can maximize the benefits from their experience. As such, it will prove a fascinating read for academics, students, researchers and policymakers with an interest in economics and public sector economics generally, and more specifically, in the economics of sport. (da sito Elgar)
Vedi indicePART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction: The Economics of Mega Sporting Events
Wolfgang Maennig and Andrew Zimbalist
2. What is a Mega Sporting Event?
Wolfgang Maennig and Andrew Zimbalist
PART II: BIDDING FOR MEGA EVENTS
3. Mega Sporting Event Bidding, Mechanism Design and Rent Extraction
Brad R. Humphreys and Henry van Egteren
4. The Winner’s Curse: Why is the Cost of Mega Sporting Events so Often Underestimated?
Wladimir Andreff
5. Determinants of Successful Bidding for Mega Events: The Case of the Olympic Winter Games
Arne Feddersen and Wolfgang Maennig
6. An Analysis of the Political Economy for Bidding for the Summer Olympic Games: Lessons from the Chicago 2016 Bid
Robert A. Baade and Allen R. Sanderson
7. Support For and Resistance Against Large Stadiums: The Role of Lifestyle and Other Socio-economic Factors
Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Wolfgang Maennig and Michaela Ölschläger
PART III: DESIGN OF MEGA EVENTS
8. Can Mega Events Deliver Sustainability? The Case of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
Anton Cartwright
9. Stakeholder Perceptions of Short-term Marketing Tactics During the Olympics
Rick Burton, Norm O’Reilly and Benoit Séguin
10. Mega Events and Local Politics
Matthew J. Burbank, Greg Andranovich and Charles H. Heying
11. Estimating Match and World Cup Winning Probabilities
Ruud H. Koning and Ian G. McHale
12. Doping and Anti-doping Measures
Nicolas Eber
13. Explaining and Forecasting National Team Medals Totals at the Summer Olympic Games
David Forrest, Adams Ceballos, Ramón Flores, Ian G. McHale, Ismael Sanz and J.D. Tena
PART IV: GENERAL STUDIES OF ECONOMIC IMPACT AND METHODOLOGY
14. The Econometric Analysis of Willingness to Pay for Intangibles with Experience Good Character
Bernd Süssmuth
15. Economic Impact of Sports Events
Philip K. Porter and Daniel M. Chin
16. The Economic Impact, Costs and Benefits of the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games: Who Wins, Who Loses?
Stefan Kesenne
17. Outlook, Progress and Challenges of Stadium Evaluation
Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt and Georgios Kavetsos
18. The BRICs: National and Urban Legacy Agendas
Richard Tomlinson and Orli Bass
19. Mega Events and Sports Institutional Development: The Impact of the World Cup on Football Academies in Africa
Jeroen Schokkaert, Johan F.M. Swinnen and Thijs Vandemoortele
20. Economic Impact of Organizing Large Sporting Events
Elmer Sterken
PART V: CASE STUDIES: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MEGA EVENTS
21. Tour de France: A Taxpayer Bargain Among Mega Sporting Events?
Judith Grant Long
22. Labor Market Effects of the World Cup: A Sectoral Analysis
Robert Baumann, Bryan Engelhardt and Victor A. Matheson
23. Not-So-Mega Events
Dennis Coates
24. Reflections on Developing the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Research Agenda
Kamilla Swart and Urmilla Bob
25. The Economic Impact of the Golf Majors
Stephen Shmanske
26. People’s Perception of the Social Impacts of the Bejing Olympic Games Before and After 2008
Yingzhi Guo, Chun Zhou and Yuansi Hou
27. The 2010 FIFA World Cup High-frequency Data Economics: Effects on International Tourism and Awareness for South Africa
Stan du Plessis and Wolfgang Maennig
28. For a Monsoon Wedding: Delhi and the Commonwealth Games
Nalin Mehta and Boria Majumdar
29. The Case of Brazil 2014/2016
Luiz Martins de Melo
30. The Employment Effects of London 2012: An Assessment in Mid-2011
Dan Brown and Stefan Szymanski
PART VI: CONCLUSION
31. Future Challenges: Maximizing the Benefits and Minimizing the Costs
Wolfgang Maennig and Andrew Zimbalist
Index
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Shane Murphy
The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Performance Psychology
Oxford etc.: Oxford University Press, 2012
The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Performance Psychology includes the latest research and applied perspectives from leaders in the field of performance psychology. Current and comprehensive, this foundational volume presents sport and performance psychology from myriad perspectives, including:
- individual psychological processes in performance such as attention, imagery, superior performance intelligence, motivation, anxiety, confidence, cognition and emotion
- the social psychological processes in performance including leadership, teamwork, coaching, relationships, moral behavior, and gender and cultural issues
- human development issues in performance, such as the development of talent and expertise, positive youth development, the role of the family, end of involvement transitions, and both youth and masters-level sport and physical activity programs
- interventions in sport and performance psychology and counseling of performers in distress including such important issues for all performers as: appearance- and performance-enhancing drug use, injuries, managing pain, eating and weight issues, burnout, and the role of physical activity in maintaining health.
The chapters collected here also cover the history of sport and performance psychology; the scope and nature of the field; ethical issues in sport and performance psychology; performance psychology in the performing arts and other non-sporting fields; perfectionism and performance; the role of the performance coach and of the sport psychologist with a coach and team; supervision; and a look ahead to the future of the field. (Da sito Oxford University Press)
Vedi indicePreface
Part One: The Nature and Scope of Sport and Performance Psychology
1. History of Sport and Performance Psychology
Alan S. Kornspan
2. The Psychology of Performance in Sport and Other Domains
Kate F. Hays
3. Sport and Performance Psychology: Ethical Issues
Doug Hankes
4. The Role of Superior Performance Intelligence in Sustained Success
Graham Jones
5. Performance Psychology in the Performing Arts
Sanna M. Nordin-Bates
Part Two: Individual Psychological Processes in Performance
6. Concentration: Attention and Performance
Aidan Moran
7. Conscious and Unconscious Awareness in Learning and Performance
Rich Masters
8. Emotional Regulation and Performance
Marc V. Jones
9. Anxiety: Attention, the Brain, the Body, and Performance
Mark R. Wilson
10. Cognitions: Self-Talk and Performance
Yiannis Theodorakis, Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis, and Nikos Zourbanos
11. The Role of Imagery in Performance
Jennifer Cumming and Sarah E. Williams
12. Motivation: Self-Determination Theory and Performance in Sport
Martyn Standage
13. Modeling and Performance
Penny McCullagh, Barbi Law, and Diane Ste-Marie
14. Efficacy Beliefs and Human Performance: From Independent Action to Interpersonal Functioning
Mark R. Beauchamp, Ben Jackson, and Katie L. Morton
15. Perfectionism and Performance
Joachim Stoeber
Part Three: Social Psychological Processes in Performance
16. Teamwork and Performance
Albert V. Carron, Luc Martin, and Todd Loughead
17. Leadership and Manifestations of Sport
Packianathan Chelladurai
18. The Psychology of Coaching
Daniel Gould
19. Moral Behavior in Sport
Maria Kavussanu
20. Gender, Identity, and Sport
Emily A. Roper
21. Relationships and Sport and Performance
Sam Carr
22. Culture/Ethnicity and Performance
Anthony P. Kontos
Part Four: Human Development and Performance
23. A Developmental Approach to Sport Expertise
Jean Côté and Bruce Abernathy
24. Training for Life: Optimizing Youth Development through Sport and Physical Activity
Maureen R. Weiss, Lindsay E. Kipp, and Nicole D. Bolter
25. Talent Development: The Role of the Family
Chris G. Harwood, Julie P. Douglas, and Antoinette M. Minniti
26. Expert Masters Sport Performers: Perspectives on Age-Related Processes, Mechanisms, and Motives
Bradley W. Young and Nikola Medic
27. Transitions: Ending Active Involvement in Sports and Other Competitive Endeavors
Albert J. Petitpas, Taunya Marie Tinsley, and Amy S. Walker
Part Five: Interventions in Sport and Performance Psychology
28. Counseling Performers in Distress
Zella E. Moore
29. Appearance- and Performance-Enhancing Drug Use
Thomas B. Hildebrandt, Eleanna Varangis, and Justine K. Lai
30. Burnout: A Darker Side to Performance
Kate I. Goodger and Martin I. Jones
31. The Body and Performance
William B. Strean and Joseph P. Mills
32. Injury and Performance
John Heil and Leslie Podlog
33. Pain and Performance
John Heil and Leslie Podlog
34. Eating Disorders in Sport
Trent A. Petrie and Christy Greenleaf
35. Physical Activity Interventions
Stuart J. H. Biddle and Trish Gorely
36. The Role of the Sport and Performance Psychologist with the Coach and Team: Implications for Performance Counseling
Christopher M. Carr
37. The Performance Coach
Dave Collins and Sara Kamin
38. Optimal Performance: Elite Level Performance in The Zone
Robert Harmison and Kathleen V. Casto
39. Supervision and Mindfulness in Sport and Performance Psychology
Mark Andersen
Part Six: Future Directions
40. Sport and Performance Psychology: A Look Ahead
Kirsten Peterson, Charles Brown, Sean McCann, and Shane M. Murphy
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Scanlon Thomas F.
Sport in the Greek and Roman worlds
2 v.
Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2014
From the Minoan bull-leaping to the ancient Olympics and the enigmas of their contests, this first volume of Sport in the Greek and Roman Worlds contains nine articles and chapters of enduring importance to the study of sport in ancient Greece, a field located at a crucial intersection of social history, archaeology, literature, and other aspects of Greek culture.
The studies have been updated with addenda by the original authors, and two of the articles that were originally published in German or French have been translated into English here for the first time. The studies, selected for breadth and importance of historical topics, include: Greek sport in its epic, heroic, and Bronze Age origins; the ancient Olympics in its relation to religion, politics, and diversity of competitors; Greek events in track and field and equestrian events.
A companion second volume complements this one with studies on the social and economic aspects of Greek sport, the role of Greek sport in the Roman era, and forms, functions and venues of Roman spectacles. The articles in both volumes offer an excellent starting point to inspire newcomers to the study of ancient sport, and to give students and scholars an informative set of models for present knowledge and future research. (Da sito Oxfor U.P.)
Vedi indiceVol. 1: Early Greece, the Olympics, and contests; Vol. 2: Greek athletic identities and Roman sports and spectacle
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Tulli Umberto
Breve storia delle Olimpiadi: lo sport, la politica da de Coubertin a oggi
Roma: Carocci, 2012
Le Olimpiadi moderne sono spesso considerate un fenomeno squisitamente sportivo. Tuttavia, sin dalla decisione del barone de Coubertin di riportare alla luce i Giochi olimpici, la politica internazionale ne ha scandito la storia, contribuendo anche al loro successo. Riflesso della tensione costante tra vicissitudini nazionali e internazionali, le Olimpiadi, dai Giochi di Atene del 1896 a quelli di Londra del 2012, hanno raccontato le trasformazioni del nostro mondo. Attraverso i record, le medaglie d’oro, i boicottaggi, ma anche la propaganda e il doping, la vicenda delle Olimpiadi aiuta a comprendere meglio gli ultimi centoventi anni della storia internazionale. (Da sito Carocci)
Vedi indiceIntroduzione
1. Il difficile inizio (1894-1916)
De Coubertin e la nascita delle Olimpiadi moderne
Un inizio difficile: Atene, Parigi, St. Louis (e di nuovo Atene)
Da Londra a Stoccolma
Verso la Prima guerra mondiale: le Olimpiadi non disputate di Berlino 1916
2. Tra le due guerre: le vie totalitarie e quelle democratiche alle Olimpiadi
Il rilancio delle Olimpiadi
La questione femminile e la sfida socialista
Tra democrazia ed autoritarismo: le Olimpiadi di Los Angeles 1932 e i Giochi di Berlino 1936
La Seconda guerra mondiale e le Olimpiadi non disputate del 1940 e del 1944
3. Guerra fredda e sfide all’ordine bipolare
La Guerra fredda va alle Olimpiadi: Londra 1948, Helsinki 1952, Melbourne 1956
Istituzionalizzare la rivalità bipolare, riammettere i nemici, contrastare il doping: le Olimpiadi negli anni sessanta
Diritti umani e ganefo: le Olimpiadi alla prova della decolonizzazione
L’età dei boicottaggi: Montreal, Mosca, Los Angeles
4. Le Olimpiadi della globalizzazione
Un mondo unito
Il trionfo della globalizzazione e lo scandalo della corruzione: le Olimpiadi alla fine del millennio
Le Olimpiadi di fronte al terrorismo globale: Salt Lake City 2002 e Atene 2004
Un secolo cinese? Le Olimpiadi di Pechino 2008
Conclusioni. Verso Londra 2012 e oltre
Bibliografia
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Papa Antonio, Panico Guido
Storia sociale del calcio in Italia
Bologna: Il Mulino, 2002
Componente essenziale dell'identità nazionale italiana, la passione per il calcio capace di eccitare in forme mutevoli e imprevedibili un fervido patriottismo e un esasperato campanilismo. Gli autori ripercorrono la storia di questo sport dalle origini ai nostri giorni, identificando i tratti di mentalità che ispirano le tattiche e le tecniche del gioco, non solo in relazione alle vicende dei grandi club, ma nell'insieme di un movimento che ha radici profondissime in ogni angolo del paese. Non mancano vivaci descrizioni del calcio come spettacolo e del tumultuoso e variegato pubblico degli stadi, colto nei suoi comportamenti sia ordinari sia degenerativi, né sono ignorati i fenomeni indotti dal gioco: dalla febbre dei pronostici alla raccolta delle figurine. Una storia che non si limita al racconto dei fatti agonistici, ma li inserisce nel contesto della società italiana, inseguendo il gioco del calcio nei suoi intrecci con l'economia, la demografia, la politica, la lingua, il giornalismo, la letteratura, il cinema e la televisione. (Da sito Il Mulino)
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Pivato Stefano
L'era dello sport
Firenze: Giunti Catermann, 1994.
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Petrocchi Francesca (a cura di)
Leggere lo sport
(Stili di vita)
Bologna: Archetipolibri, 2012
La letteratura si occupa spesso delle avventure di eroi coraggiosi che attraversano luoghi ostili, valicano montagne, solcano mari. Lo sport nasce quando queste narrazioni diventano oggetto di interesse della produzione industriale ed economica. Spogliati così del rapporto con la natura, gli eventi sportivi si ricollegano al mito attraverso il discorso letterario, attraverso l’elaborazione di un proprio linguaggio che costituisce l’oggetto di questo volume. Dalla rappresentazione figurativa delle “arti” sportive lungo i secoli sino alla avanguardia futurista, dalla dinamica del tennis filtrata attraverso testi letterari classici e contemporanei da Shakespeare a Foster Wallace, al discorso letterario sulla boxe di Orio Vergani, dal cricket rappresentato e descritto come risorsa dell’identità diasporica in autori post-coloniali quali C.L.R. James e V.S. Naipaul, al “mito” tragico dell’eroe Pantani, al pugilato femminile visto dalla prospettiva della giovane immigrata Aya Cissoko: il linguaggio dello sport – e il suo messaggio – è letto e interpretato attraverso una ricca campionatura delle sue infinite e mutevoli prospezioni letterarie ed artistiche. (Da sito Clueb)
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Isidori Emanuele
La pedagogia dello sport
(Bussole)
Roma: Carocci, 2009
La pedagogia dello sport è una scienza specialistica che affronta i problemi educativi inerenti alle attività motorie e sportive, dal punto di vista sia teorico sia pratico. Il libro illustra i principali temi della disciplina: i fondamenti epistemologici, gli ambiti di studio, le metodologie di ricerca, i problemi della formazione degli educatori e quelli riguardanti l’educazione fisica e sportiva in genere in una società complessa come quella attuale. Lo scopo del volume è di offrire ai ricercatori, agli insegnanti e agli studenti un primo strumento di studio scientifico di questa disciplina. (Da sito Carocci)
Vedi indiceIntroduzione
1. La pedagogia dello sport come scienza
Le origini storiche/Verso una definizione/Problemi epistemologici/Tra scienze dell’educazione e scienze dello sport/Le diverse aree culturali
2. Ambiti e contenuti
I campi di studio della pedagogia dello sport/I valori/Il corpo/Il movimento/Il gioco
3. Metodologie di ricerca
Metodi qualitativi e metodi quantitativi/La metodologia empirico-analitica/La metodologia interpretativa/La metodologia critica
4. La formazione degli educatori sportivi
Le professioni educative nello sport/ L’insegnante di educazione fisica/Problemi dell’educazione fisica nella scuola/L’allenatore come educatore
5. Problemi dello sport e dell’educazione
L’educazione olimpica/Pedagogia critica, sport e società/Problemi educativi nello sport di alto livello/Una pedagogia antirazzista per lo sport
Bibliografia.
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Porro Nicola
Sociologia del calcio
Roma: Carocci, 2008
Da tempo il calcio ha cessato di rappresentare soltanto un gioco, fosse pure il gioco più bello del mondo. La sua popolarità su scala planetaria ne ha fatto un fenomeno sociale che tende a debordare dallo stesso sistema sportivo. Il calcio costituisce nelle contemporanee società di massa un vero e proprio sistema culturale che ha istituito una simbiosi complessa con altri sistemi: la rete onnipervasiva della comunicazione, l’economia globalizzata, la politica. Allo stesso tempo, però, rimane un protagonista sociale dotato di caratteri propri che non consentono di ridurlo a uno dei tanti nodi che compongono la sconfinata rete dell’intrattenimento spettacolare nell’età della dittatura mediatica. In questo libro Nicola Porro indaga origini, sviluppi e trasformazioni del sistema calcio e s’interroga, non senza inquietudine, sulla latente mutazione genetica che sembra riguardare il contesto italiano all’indomani di Calciopoli e del vittorioso Mondiale del 2006. (Da sito Carocci)
Vedi indice1. Storie di calcio
Introduzione/Football e/o calcio/In livrea sulle rive dell’Arno/Un passo nella modernità/Lo scisma e la diffusione/Dai folkgames ai moderni giochi di squadra/L’evangelizzazione del calcio/Gestazione e nascita del calcio italiano/Fra decolonizzazione e globalizzazione
2. Uno spettacolo e i suoi pubblici
Il racconto dei media/Il bisturi digitale/Fuga dagli stadi e tele tifosi/Verso una mutazione genetica?/Un sistema in frantumi/L’invenzione dell’appartenenza
3. Quando il gioco fa paura
Calcio e violenza: una questione controversa/Atleti, spettatori, emozioni/Con gli occhi della paura/Un fenomeno di allarme sociale/Una vicenda esemplare: la storia del bambino che non era morto
4. Emozioni e fatturati
L’aziendalizzazione della passione/La polvere e l’altare: giocatori, dirigenze, procuratori/Il gioco degli scandali/Orizzonte Superlega?/Si salverà il calcio italiano?
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Ferretti Claudio e Frasca Augusto (a cura di)
Sport
Milano: Garzanti, 2008.
Materia popolare per eccellenza, sempre in bilico tra la cronaca e l'epica, lo sport entra a pieno titolo nella serie delle Garzantine, la collana di divulgazione enciclopedica più conosciuta e consultata. Frutto di oltre tre anni di lavoro di un'équipe di esperti e giornalisti coordinati da Claudio Ferretti e Augusto Frasca, la Garzantina dello Sport racconta in oltre 6000 voci il mondo dello sport nei suoi aspetti storici, agonistici, tecnici, ma anche nei suoi intrecci con il costume, l'economia, la politica, i media, lo spettacolo. Oltre a fornire un'ampia documentazione statistica (vittorie, classifiche, medaglieri, primati), tentando di superare, nei limiti del possibile, contraddizioni e inesattezze che spesso caratterizzano la letteratura sportiva, l'opera è ricca di storie e curiosità sui protagonisti e sulle grandi manifestazioni sportive: dagli incidenti mortali nell'automobilismo alle iperboliche cifre del calciomercato, dai primati del Giro d'Italia alla formula matematica della velocità in atletica. Facile da consultare ma anche piacevole da leggere, la neonata enciclopedia si propone come testo di riferimento per appassionati e addetti ai lavori.(da sito Garzanti)
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Russo Pippo
Sport e società
(Bussole)
Roma: Carocci, 2004
Lo sport è un fenomeno sociale. Partendo da questa consapevolezza, il volume analizza il ruolo delle pratiche sportive all’interno delle attività umane ed esamina la relazione tra la nascita dello sport e la modernità. Ripercorrendone le tappe di diffusione su scala mondiale, si propone un bilancio sulla fase di maturità dello sport, per poi delineare gli scenari dei possibili sviluppi in coincidenza con la svolta culturale del presente. (Da sito Carocci)
Vedi indicePremessa
1. Sociologia dello sport: il sorgere di una disciplina/Introduzione/Conservatori e marxisti su gioco e sport/La fase sociologica degli studi sullo sport/Dal gioco allo sport/Dal rito ai giochi sportivi agonali/Giochi violenti, giochi sterilizzati/L'olimpismo: nascita dello sport moderno/Per riassumere...
2. Sport e modernità: analisi di una relazione/Introduzione/Caratteristiche distintive della modernità/Sport e industrialismo/Dilettantismo, professionismo, spettacolarizzazione/La diffusione dello sport come modello relazionale/Sport, identità nazionali, identità locali/Per riassumere...
3. Lo sport come fatto sociale totale/Introduzione/Le molteplici declinazioni sociologiche dello sport/Promozione e discriminazione/La parabola dello sport-business/Sport campionistico e sport per tutti/Per riassumere...
4. Lo sport nell'epoca postmoderna/ Introduzione/Modernità e postmodernità/ Sport, globalizzazione e cittadinanza/TV e sport: l'invasione di campo/Il corpo: dalla frontiera al bricolage/Scenari possibili dello sport postmoderno/Per riassumere...
Conclusioni
Bibliografia
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Sport ed economia
Roma: Fondazione Giulio Onesti, 1991.
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