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Sport and public policy : social, political, and economic perspectives

Sport and Public Policy: Social, Political, and Economic Perspectives is the only text that examines some of the most compelling policy issues affecting the sports world from an interdisciplinary perspective--including economics, history, urban planning, not-for-profit administration, public health communications, political science, and philosophy. With contributions from a wide range of scholarly disciplines, this contemporary resource changes traditional conversation and gives readers a fresh outlook on economic and political issues in sport. Sport and Public Policy presents a contemporary view of how to understand and analyze complex and controversial topics. Readers will be drawn into thought-provoking discussion of issues such as the public investment in sports facilities and recent trends in stadium and arena construction. The book also presents an example of a unique model of not-for-profit community ownership in action, which readers can implement in their own cities. Sport and Public Policy challenges readers to think globally through a discussion of international relations, the world economy's impact on the Olympic games, Major League Baseball's global expansion, and global consumer marketing efforts. This text covers some of the hottest topics in the sports world from a public policy perspective, giving readers a new angle from which to analyze issues now and in the future. The chapters encourage readers to consider their role as participants in sports and use their power to make individual choices that influence their communities.

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