Maurice Roche

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Mega-Events and Social Change: Spectacle, Legacy and Public CulturePaperback, 4 January 2019

Mega-Events and Social Change: Spectacle, Legacy and Public Culture
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Part of Series
Globalizing Sport Studies
Print Length
344 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Date Published
4 Jan 2019
ISBN-10
1526133873
ISBN-13
9781526133878

Description

The spectacle of major cultural and sporting events can preoccupy modern societies. This book is concerned with contemporary mega-events, like the Olympics and Expos. Using a sociological perspective Roche argues that mega-events reflect the major social changes which now influence our societies, particularly in the West, and that these amount to a new 'second phase' of the modernization process. Changes are particularly visible in the media, urban and global locational aspects of mega-events. Thus he suggests that contemporary mega-events, both in their achievements and their vulnerabilities, reflect, in the media sphere, the rise of the internet; in the urban sphere, de-industrialisation and the growing ecological crisis; and in the global sphere, the relative decline of the West and the rise of China and other 'emerging' countries.

Product Details

Author:
Maurice Roche
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
4 January 2019
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.83 cm
Genre:
Urban
ISBN-10:
1526133873
ISBN-13:
9781526133878
Language:
English
Location:
Manchester
Pages:
344
Weight:
480.81 gm

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