Mega-Events and Social Change
Spectacle, Legacy and Public Culture
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
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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.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2019-01-04
- Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
- Vikt485 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieGlobalizing Sport Studies
- Antal sidor344
- FörlagManchester University Press
- ISBN9781526133878