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Mega-Events and Social Change

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ISBN: 9781526133878

By 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. T...Show more

Sociology: sport and leisure

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9781526133878

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Manchester University Press

Published year

2019

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Mega-Events and Social Change

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Paperback

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