Sport Protest And Globalisation Stopping Play

This Volume Is Built Around Three Assumptions - First, That For Huge Numbers People Around The World, Including Many Sport Lovers, There Are More Important Things In Life Than Sport; Second, That The Governance Of Sport Is In Many Ways Problematic And Needs To Be Confronted; And, Third, That Contrary To The Still-popular Belief That Sport And Politics Dont Mix, Sport Often Provides An Ideal Theatre For The Enacting Of Political Protest. The Book Contains Studies Of A Range Of Protests, Stretching Back To The Death Of Suffragist Emily Davison At The Derby Of 1913 And Encompassing Subsequent Protests Against The Exclusion Of Women From The Sporting Arena; The Berlin Olympics Of 1936; Western Imperialism; The Mexico Olympics, 1968; The State Racism Of Apartheid In South Africa; The Effect Of The Global Golf Industry On Ecosystems; Israeli Government Policy; Resistance To The Various Attempts To Bring The Olympic Games To Canadian And American Cities; The Cutting Of Welfare Benefits Fordisabled British Citizens; Class Privilege In The Uk; Russian Anti-gay Laws; And High Public Spending On Sport Mega-events In Brazil. The Collection Will Be Of Interest To Scholars And Students With An Interest In Sports Studies, History, Politics, Geography, Cultural Studies And Sociology.