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Rugby union and globalization : an odd-shaped world

Record Type:	Electronic resources : monographic
Title Information:	an odd-shaped world
Author:	HarrisJohn, 1972-
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Palgrave Connect (Online service)
Place of Publication:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York
Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
Year of Publication:	2010
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 168 p.)
Series:	Global culture and sport
Subject:	Rugby Union football. -
Subject:	Rugby Union football - Sociological aspects. -
Subject:	Sports and globalization. -
Subject:	Nationalism and sports. -
Subject:	Sociological aspects. -
Subject:	SPORTS & RECREATION - Rugby. -
Subject:	SPORTS & RECREATION - Sociology of Sports. -
Subject:	SOCIAL SCIENCE - Sociology -
Subject:	SOCIAL SCIENCE - Popular Culture. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230289710An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
Notes:	Description based on print version record.
Summary:	This book provides a critical analysis of rugby union in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in the game. Through focusing on key figures and important events it traces the turbulent development of a game steeped in an amateur ethos, yet now operating in a professional sports world. It highlights that rugby can be viewed as a vehicle for engaging, and further understanding, broader societal issues related to the social, cultural, economic and political conditions shaping local and global landscapes. Areas included in the analysis include discussions of the increased migration of rugby players and coaches, the inception of a rugby world cup competition and the future development of the sport. It locates all of these issues within a framework that explores the tensions inherent in the processes of localization and globalization and the battle between tradition and change.
ISBN:	9780230289710electronic bk.
ISBN:	0230289711electronic bk.
Content Note:	Where and Why Rugby Matters The Rugby World Cup Power Shifts: From League to Union The Rugby Player as Celebrity Player Migration in the Professional Age The Migration of Coaches in Rugby Union Passports of Convenience The Lions Roar Flattening the Rugby World.

Rugby union and globalization : an odd-shaped world
Harris, John

Rugby union and globalization : an odd-shaped world / John Harris. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - 1 online resource (xvi, 168 p.). - (Global culture and sport).
Where and Why Rugby Matters.
Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographical references and index..
ISBN 9780230289710ISBN 0230289711
Rugby Union football.Rugby Union footballSports and globalization.Nationalism and sports.Sociological aspects.SPORTS & RECREATIONSPORTS & RECREATIONSOCIAL SCIENCESOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociological aspects. -- Rugby. -- Sociology of Sports. -- Sociology -- Popular Culture.

Rugby union and globalization : an odd-shaped world
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