{"product_id":"sport-and-public-policy-9780736058711","title":"Sport and Public Policy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSport and Public Policy\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eSocial, Political, and Economic Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e is the only text that examines some of the most compelling policy issues affecting the sports world from an interdisciplinary perspective—including economics, history, urban planning, not-for-profit administration, public health communications, political science, and philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart I. The Structure of Professional Sports \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003eCooperation Amidst Competition: The Nature of Sport Leagues \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNathaniel Sampson and Gerard C.S. Mildner \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Why League Cooperation Is Necessary \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Downside of Cooperation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Organized Baseball: Evolution of a Cartel \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Antitrust Law Interpretations and Baseball \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Antitrust and Other Leagues: Are All Sports Equal? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Effect of Public Policy on the Balance of Power \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Future Trends \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Beyond the Major Leagues: Lessons from the Organization of International Sports \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerard C.S. Mildner \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Organization of Soccer, the World Sport \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Women’s Soccer: The Trial of a Single-Entity League \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Rugby: The Contest over Professionalism, Nations, and Clubs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Cricket: The Broadcaster’s Leagues \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lessons for American Sports \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Future Trends \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Why Professional Athletes Make So Much Money \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eZenon X. Zygmont \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The NHL’s Missing Season \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Wage Determination in Professional Sports \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Free Agency \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Evaluating Player Productivity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Is it Possible to Pay too Much? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Future TrendsConclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart II. Professional Sports, Cities, and Public Finance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Economic Impact of Sport Stadiums, Teams and Events \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles A. Santo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Public Cost of Big-Time Sports \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Economic Magnitude of Sports in Perspective \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Promoting Sport Investment Through Economic Impact Analysis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sources of Exaggeration in Economic Impact Analysis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ex Post Facto Empirical Evaluations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Policy Implications on Predicted Economic Impacts \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Cities, Stadiums, and Subsidies: Why Cities Spend So Much on Sports \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles A. Santo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Evolution of Major League Sport Facility Development \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Political Economy of Sport Facility Development \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Importance of Consumption Benefits \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Future Trends \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Community Ownership of Professional Sport Teams and the Role of Social Entrepreneurship \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDorothy Norris-Tirrell and Susan Tomlinson Schmidt \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Identifying Community Ownership Alternatives \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Using the Nonprofit-Charitable Purpose Structure: The Memphis Redbirds Baseball \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Foundation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Future Trends \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart III. Amateur Athletics, Participation, and Public Health\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003eInfluences of Urban Form on Physical Activity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Dill and Lynn Weigand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Importance and Decline of Physical Activity in the United States \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e How Urban Growth Has Made Us Less Active \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Public Policies to Increase Physical Activity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Do These Strategies Work? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Future Trends \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e MLB’s Mixed Messages: African American Participation in Baseball \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid C. Ogden \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Myth and Semiotics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Analyzing MLB’s Messages \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Moving from Political Speech to Myth \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Challenging Myth \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Policy Implications for Myth Making \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Future Trends \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003eContradictions and Conflicts: Ethical Dilemmas Inherent in Big-Time College Sports \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Southall, Mark S. Nagel, John Amis,and  Crystal Southall \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e College Sports Today \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Corporatization in College Sports \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Institutional Logics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Case Study: 2006 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Broadcasts \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Future Trends \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Sport, Doping, and Public Policy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBryan E. Denham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mediated Doping Representations and the Formation of Public Policy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sporting Competition and the Formation of Regulatory Bodies \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Media Representations, Government Hearings, and Public Policy in the 21st Century \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Future Trends \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart IV. Sports and Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Political Economy of the Olympic Games \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory Andranovich, Matthew J. Burbank, and Charles H. Heying\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Globalization, the New Economy, and Political Economy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Political Economy and the Olympic Games \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Los Angeles: The Market Matters Most \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Atlanta: The State Matters Most \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mexico City: Civil Society Matters Most \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Future Trends \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e American Baseball and the Global Labor Market: Resistance and Hegemony in the Caribbean \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles A. Santo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Globalization of American Professional Baseball \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Shared History and Parallel Development of Caribbean Baseball \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dominican Dependency, Underdevelopment, and Exploitation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Cuban Nationalism and Resistance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Movement Along the Spectrum \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Future Trends \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e Expanding Global Consumer Market for American Sports: The World Baseball Classic \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark S. Nagel, Matt T. Brown, Dan A. Rascher, and Chad D. McEvoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Baseball’s Worldwide Development \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Consumption of MLB in the United States \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Creation of the World Baseball Classic \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e World Baseball Classic Revenue Sources \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Future TrendsConclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Human Kinetics Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404217819479,"sku":"9780736058711","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780736058711.jpg?v=1730485775","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sport-and-public-policy-9780736058711","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}