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Explores the social history and politics of 'mega-events' from the late 19th century to the present. Case studies: 1936 Berlin Olympics, 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 1851 Crystal Palace Expo. A thoroughly new and ground-breaking analysis.
Olympics. --- Citizenship. --- Sports --- Special events --- Events, Special --- Manners and customs --- Field sports --- Pastimes --- Recreations --- Recreation --- Athletics --- Games --- Outdoor life --- Physical education and training --- Birthright citizenship --- Citizenship --- Citizenship (International law) --- National citizenship --- Nationality (Citizenship) --- Political science --- Public law --- Allegiance --- Civics --- Domicile --- Political rights --- Games, Olympic --- Olympic games --- Summer Olympics --- Social aspects. --- Law and legislation --- #SBIB:021.AANKOOP --- #SBIB:309H040 --- #SBIB:309H1016 --- #SBIB:316.7C140 --- Populaire cultuur algemeen --- Media: socio-culturele aspecten (massamedia en maatschappij, met inbegrip van cultuurhistorische werken en werken over de maatschappelijke en politieke effecten van de (diverse) media) --- Cultuursociologie: cultuur en globale samenlevingen --- Tourism
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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.
Social change. --- Special events --- Entertainment events --- Olympics --- Sports tournaments --- Tournaments --- Tournaments, Sports --- Contests --- Games, Olympic --- Olympic games --- Summer Olympics --- Sports --- Amusements --- Events, Special --- Manners and customs --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Social aspects. --- Expos. --- Olympics. --- People's Republic of China. --- digital revolution. --- ecological crisis. --- geopolitical relations. --- global ecological crisis. --- globalisation. --- green impacts. --- mega-events. --- modernisation processes. --- performative spectacles. --- space-making impacts. --- urbanisation.
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