Syllabus
Lectures:
Introduction and Globalization
Sport events
Governing bodies and federations
Media conncections
North America – Americanization; North American exceptionalism
Europe 1 – Eastern Europe: Politics, Nationalism and Sport
Europe 2 – Western Europe: Tradition and new money
Latin America – Power and exploitation
Africa - Sport for development; The Last Frontier for Everything
Middle East – Sport confronts Religion: The Power of Soccer in the Most Radical of Places
China - All for One and One for All; The Next Sport Superpower?
India - The Historical Context of Cricket
Japan and Korea – Corporate dominance
Australia and New Zealand – Loose connections
Seminars:
Understanding global sport flows
Implications of sport organization in a country
Defeating the oppressor
Demands of globalization on sport development
Sport migration and sport for migration
Soft power
Local - global media tensions
Annotation
An interdisciplinary examination of sport as a global phenomenon. Historical, cultural, political, economic, management and governance perspectives are considered.
Focus is given to international football and sport leagues and teams, the globalization of sport, market dynamics, and social impact.