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"Book Synopsis Have you ever wondered why states invest so heavily in sports mega-events? Ever considered who benefits from these (mostly publicly financed) 'mega' events? Part of the rationale of this edited collection is to go beyond the positive discourse that attends sports 'megas'. The volume of essays from a stellar international cast of experts offers a panoramic and interdisciplinary view of the growing field of Sports Mega-Event studies. The contributions cover discussion of the key concepts and debates in cutting-edge research, examples of leveraging strategies and the legacies from previous sports megas (such as London, Seoul, Sydney, Vancouver) and examples and analyses of recent and future 'emerging' states and their hosting strategies (such as India, China, Qatar and Russia). Review Quotes ""International sports mega-events and their legacies are much debated features of contemporary culture. In this book many of the main writers in the field provide valuable new and accessible studies of this phenomenon. This book deserves to be widely read."" -Maurice C. Roche, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield, UK About the Author Alan Bairner, Loughborough University, UK Amita Baviskar, The Institute of Economic Growth, India David Black, Dalhousie University, Canada Paul Michael Brannagan, Loughborough University, UK Laurence Chalip, University of Illinois, USA Ji-Hyun Cho, Yong In University, South Korea Scarlett Cornelissen, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Liu Dongfeng, Shanghai University of Sport, China Richard Giulianotti, Loughborough University, UK Oleg Golubchikov, Cardiff University, UK John Horne, University of Central Lancashire, UK Barrie Houlihan, Loughborough University, UK Wolfram Manzenreiter, University of Vienna, Austria Caitlin Pentifallo, University of British Columbia, Canada Michael Silk, University of Bath, UK Bob Stewart, Victoria University, Australia Holger Preuss, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Germany Irina Slepukhina, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Renata Toledo, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil Mike Weed, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Robert VanWynsberghe, University of British Columbia, Canada"
