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The Political Economy of SportConclusion: The Political Economy of Sport in the Twenty-first Century

The Political Economy of Sport: Conclusion: The Political Economy of Sport in the Twenty-first... [During the period of producing this volume there have been numerous challenges to existing sport cultures and structures as well as a multitude of sporting ‘scandals’. Examples are widespread and include sexual exploitation of women in the recruiting process and murder in American university sport, gambling scandals in international cricket, the use of performance-enhancing substances in American Major League Baseball, widespread bidding scandals in the Olympics and the problems of Athens in its preparations for hosting the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, to name but a few.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Political Economy of SportConclusion: The Political Economy of Sport in the Twenty-first Century

Part of the International Political Economy Series Book Series
Editors: Nauright, John; Schimmel, Kimberly S.
Nauright, John
The Political Economy of Sport — Sep 29, 2015
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005
ISBN
978-1-349-41624-0
Pages
208 –214
DOI
10.1057/9780230524057_10
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Abstract

[During the period of producing this volume there have been numerous challenges to existing sport cultures and structures as well as a multitude of sporting ‘scandals’. Examples are widespread and include sexual exploitation of women in the recruiting process and murder in American university sport, gambling scandals in international cricket, the use of performance-enhancing substances in American Major League Baseball, widespread bidding scandals in the Olympics and the problems of Athens in its preparations for hosting the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, to name but a few.]

Published: Sep 29, 2015

Keywords: Political Economy; Olympic Game; Rugby League; Soccer Club; Summer Olympic Game

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