ISBN:
9781849807838
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (vi, 260 p)
,
ill
Series Statement:
New horizons in the economics of sport
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Uniform Title:
Économie politique du sport professionnel
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bourg, Jean Francois The political economy of professional sport
DDC:
338.43796
Keywords:
Profisport
;
Sportökonomik
;
Professional sports Economic aspects
;
Electronic books
;
Professional sports
;
Economic aspects
;
Sportökonomie
;
Politische Ökonomie
Abstract:
This timely book offers a critical interpretation of the traditional social and economic accounts of sport. It provides an incisive analysis of professional sport and defines alternative foundations to the present model. The authors demonstrate that professional sport is an extremely complex phenomenon encompassing many unique factors depending on its global reach, financing and organization
Abstract:
Introduction -- 1. The economic history of professional sport -- 2. Significance and measurement of the economic impact of professional sport -- 3. Economic development and sporting performance on a worldwide scale -- 4. What is at stake in the new economic relationships between professional sport and television? -- 5. The segmentation of the sports labour market : three examples -- 6. Models of organization of professional sport and competitive balance -- 7. The false justification of sport as a global public good -- 8. Doping as a by-product of professional sport
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.4337/9781849807838
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