Mega-Events and Social Change

Spectacle, Legacy and Public Culture

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Av Maurice Roche

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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