Sport Politics: An Introduction

by Jonathan Grix

Book Overview

This innovative new text examines sport's relationship with politics and argues that sport has always been political, even as far back as antiquity. However, in the last 30 years there has been an unprecedented politicization of sport through increasing government intervention.

Jonathan Grix takes a comprehensive and engaging look at sport politics by examining state involvement in initiatives from sports mega-events through to grass-roots...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230295479
• ISBN13: 9780230295476
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"