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Globalization and Sport argues that although sport is a source of pleasure, it is also part of the government of everyday life. The creation of a sporting calendar, movements of rational recreation and the development of public sector physical education, are read as ways of disciplining and shaping urban-industrial populations.
Introduction
Why This Book?
The `G-Word¿ Meets the `S-Word¿
National Symbolism and the Global Exchange of Sporting Bodies
Sports Media s>Citizens of the World
The Governance of Sport
Conclusion
Global Sport and Cultural Labour
TOBY MILLER is Professor Emeritus in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside, USA and author of many books including Technologies of Truth (1998) and The Avengers (1997).
