| The Politics of Sport in South Asia Contributor(s): Chakraborty, Subhas Ranjan (Editor), Chakrabarti, Shantanu (Editor), Chatterjee, Kingshuk (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415850053 ISBN-13: 9780415850056 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 306.4 |
| Series: Sport in the Global Society |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.7" W x 9.6" (0.75 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Behind the spectacle of entertainment, sport is a subject with political issues at every level. These issues range from the social, with divisions created along gender and class lines, to the use of sport to pursue diplomatic and statecraft goals. In addition, some sports are positioned and promoted as national events both in public opinion and in the media. This book seeks to explore some aspects of the notion of power in sport in south Asia and among south Asians abroad. The first two chapters deal with the internal societal dimensions of the politics of sport; the next three relate to the politics inside the sporting world in the subcontinent and its bridge with the broader arena of the society through the media, while the last five relate to the use of sports in statecraft, consensus building and international politics. This book was based on two special issues of the International Journal of the History of Sport. |