Contemporary cases in sport. Volume 1 (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Brian Garrod, Alan Fyall.
• Other Names: Garrod, B (Brian); Fyall, Alan
• Contents: 1; The Case Study Approach; Academic Pariah or Wrongly Maligned?; Brian Garrod and Alan Fyall; 2; Writing Case Studies; Reaction and Reflection, Rigour and Relevance; Alan Fyall and Brian Garrod; SECTION ONE; SPORT, POLICY and DEVELOPMENT; 3; Ultra-marathons and Tourism Development; The Canadian Death Race in Grande Cache, Alberta; Tom Hinch; 4; More than a Game; Corporate Social Responsibility in Professional Football; Tim Breitbarth; SECTION TWO; IMPACTS and LEGACY; 5; The Economics, Economic Impacts and Wider Legacies of Sports Mega-Events; The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Xi Wang and ShiNa Li6; Resident Impacts of Sport Events; Leo Jago, Margaret Deery and Liz Fredline; 7; Cultural Programmes for Sporting Mega-Events; London 2012 -- A Case Study; Nancy Stevenson; SECTION THREE; IDENTITY and EXPERIENCES; 8; Active Sports Tourism; Active Sports Tourists Competing in the 2011 MBNA Chester Marathon; Amanda Miller; 9; Sporting Identities in Youth; Examining Mountain Biking Lifestyles; Katherine King; 10; Nostalgia and Sport; Sean Gammon and Gregory Ramshaw; 11; Personal Mobility and Professional Movements; Monitoring the Motives of Modern Sports Migrants Richard Keith WrightAbbreviations; Index
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Goodfellow
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 262 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 796; Sports -- Case studies; GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays; SPORTS & RECREATION -- History; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference; TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports; Sports; Electronic books; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1299442145; 9781299442146; 9781908999221; 1908999225
• Related ISBNs: 9781908999214
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.