Sports and The Global South: Work, Play and Resistance In Sri Lanka
Author:   S. Janaka Biyanwila
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2018 ed.
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9783319685014


Pages:   375
Publication Date:   15 March 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Sports and The Global South: Work, Play and Resistance In Sri Lanka


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Author:   S. Janaka Biyanwila
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2018 ed.
Weight:   0.642kg
ISBN:  

9783319685014


ISBN 10:   3319685015
Pages:   375
Publication Date:   15 March 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. The Spread of Sports Markets in the Global South.- 3. Sports Workers in Workplaces and Communities.- 4. Sports Revenue from Property Rights and Cities.- 5. The Role of Media in Sports Consumption.- 6. Development and Sports in Sri Lanka.- 7. Authoritarian Sports Cultures and Sports Workers.- 8. Changing Sports Through Resistance.- 9. Conclusions: Sports as Play and the Sports Commons.

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S. Janaka Biyanwila is to be congratulated on the extent and breadth of his research. His material on developments in the South and in Sri Lanka, in particular, make a valuable contribution to the growing literature on the divide between the myths and reality of sport as it spreads and intensifies its reach across the globe. (Braham Dabscheck, The Economic and Labour Relations Review, Vol. 29 (04), December, 2018)


“S. Janaka Biyanwila is to be congratulated on the extent and breadth of his research. His material on developments in the South and in Sri Lanka, in particular, make a valuable contribution to the growing literature on the divide between the myths and reality of sport as it spreads and intensifies its reach across the globe.” (Braham Dabscheck, The Economic and Labour Relations Review, Vol. 29 (04), December, 2018)


Author Information

S. Janaka Biyanwila is a former Olympic athlete, former Sri Lanka national diving champion, and a published author with a PhD in Organisational and Labour Studies from the University of Western Australia.

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