Players And Arenas
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Author |
: James M. Jasper |
Publisher |
: Amsterdam University Press |
Total Pages |
: 327 |
Release |
: 2015-07-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789048524235 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9048524237 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Players and Arenas by : James M. Jasper
'Players and Arenas' brings together a diverse group of experts to examine the interactions between political protestors and the many strategic players they encounter, such as cultural institutions, religious organizations, and the mass media—as well as potential allies, competitors, recruits, and funders. Discussing protestors and players as they interact within the arenas of specific social contexts, the essays show that the main constraints on what protestors can accomplish come not from social and political structures, but from other players with different goals and interests. Through a careful treatment of these situations, this volume offers a new way to approach the role of social protest in national and international politics.
Author |
: James T. Bennett |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 2012-05-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781461433323 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1461433320 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis They Play, You Pay by : James T. Bennett
They Play, You Pay is a detailed, sometimes irreverent look at a political conundrum: despite evidence that publicly funded ballparks, stadiums, and arenas do not generate net economic growth, governments keep on taxing sales, restaurant patrons, renters of automobiles, and hotel visitors in order to build ever more elaborate cathedrals of professional sport—often in order to satisfy an owner who has threatened to move his team to greener, more subsidy‐happy, pastures. This book is a sweeping survey of the literature in the field, the history of such subsidies, the politics of stadium construction and franchise movement, and the prospects for a re‐privatization of ballpark and stadium financing. It ties together disparate strands in a fascinating story, examining the often colorful cases through which governments became involved in sports. These range from the well‐known to the obscure—from Yankee Stadium and the Astrodome to the Brooklyn Dodgers’ move to Los Angeles (to a privately built ballpark constructed upon land that had been seized via eminent domain from a mostly Mexican‐American population) to such arrant giveaways as Cowboys Stadium. It examines alternatives that might lessen the pressure for public subsidies, whether the Green Bay Packers model (in which the team’s owners are local stockholders) or via league expansions. It also takes a look at little-known, yet significant, episodes such as President Theodore Roosevelt’s intervention in the collegiate football crisis of 1905—a move that indirectly put the federal government on the side of such basic rule changes as the legalization of the forward pass. They Play, You Play is a fresh look at a political and economic puzzle: how it came to be that Joe and Jane Sixpack in the Bronx and Dallas subsidize the Steinbrenners and Jerry Joneses of professional sport.
Author |
: Neil deMause |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 479 |
Release |
: 2015-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780803285484 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0803285485 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Field of Schemes by : Neil deMause
Author |
: Kevin J. Delaney |
Publisher |
: Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0813533430 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780813533438 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Public Dollars, Private Stadiums by : Kevin J. Delaney
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Author |
: Roger G. Noll |
Publisher |
: Rlpg/Galleys |
Total Pages |
: 544 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0815761112 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780815761112 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sports, Jobs, and Taxes by : Roger G. Noll
" America is in the midst of a sports building boom. Professional sports teams are demanding and receiving fancy new playing facilities that are heavily subsidized by government. In many cases, the rationale given for these subsidies is that attracting or retaining a professional sports franchise--even a minor league baseball team or a major league pre-season training facility--more than pays for itself in increased tax revenues, local economic development, and job creation. But are these claims true? To assess the case for subsidies, this book examines the economic impact of new stadiums and the presence of a sports franchise on the local economy. It first explores such general issues as the appropriate method for measuring economic benefits and costs, the source of the bargaining power of teams in obtaining subsidies from local government, the local politics of attracting and retaining teams, the relationship between sports and local employment, and the importance of stadium design in influencing the economic impact of a facility. The second part of the book contains case studies of major league sports facilities in Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, San Francisco, and the Twin Cities, and of minor league stadiums and spring training facilities in baseball. The primary conclusions are: first, sports teams and facilities are not a source of local economic growth and employment; second, the magnitude of the net subsidy exceeds the financial benefit of a new stadium to a team; and, third, the most plausible reasons that cities are willing to subsidize sports teams are the intense popularity of sports among a substantial proportion of voters and businesses and the leverage that teams enjoy from the monopoly position of professional sports leagues. "
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: Millbrook Press |
Total Pages |
: 72 |
Release |
: 2002-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 076131766X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780761317661 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (6X Downloads) |
Synopsis Basketball Arenas by :
A behind-the-scenes look at sports arenas outlines the history of basketball's early courts and gyms, and discusses how modern arenas are funded and constructed and how they function during games.
Author |
: Evan F. Moore |
Publisher |
: Triumph Books |
Total Pages |
: 201 |
Release |
: 2021-10-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781641256858 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1641256850 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Game Misconduct by : Evan F. Moore
A bracing call to arms for hockey fans, players, and coaches everywhere Those who have been lured by the the sound of skate blades slicing into fresh ice, by the incomparable speed, split-second decisions, and everything-or-nothing attitude of the game know that hockey can seem like its own world. It's all-consuming and exhilarating, boasting its own language and complex morality code. Yet in another light, that tight community can turn insular; the values of teamwork and humility can manifest as collective silence in the face of abuse and discrimination, issues which have been brought to the forefront of the sport as many share their stories for the first time. In Game Misconduct, reporters Evan Moore and Jashvina Shah reveal hockey's toxic undercurrent which has permeated the sport throughout the junior, college, and professional levels. They address the topic with a level of passion that comes from being rabid hockey fans themselves, and from experiencing its exclusivity first-hand. With a sensitive yet incisive approach, this necessary book lays bare the issues of racism, homophobia, xenophobia, bullying, sexism, and violence on and off the ice. Readers will learn about notable players and activists fighting for transformation as well as those beyond the spotlight who are nonetheless deeply affected by hockey's culture of inaction.Both a reckoning and a roadmap, Game Misconduct is an essential read for modern hockey fans, showing the truth of the sport's past and present while offering the tools to fight for a better future.
Author |
: Frédéric Volpi |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9462985138 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789462985131 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Microfoundations of the Arab Uprisings by : Frédéric Volpi
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Rethinking Mobilization after the Arab Uprisings -- James M. Jasper and Frédéric Volpi -- 1. The Social Life of Contentious Ideas -- Piracy and Unruly, Translocal Appropriation in the Arab Uprisings and Beyond -- John Chalcraft -- 2. Routines and Ruptures in Anti-Israeli Protests in Jordan -- Jillian Schwedler -- 3. Shaping Contention as a Salafi Movement -- The Rise and Fall of Ansar al-Sharia in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia -- Frédéric Volpi -- 4. Contingency and Agency in a Turning Point Event -- March 18, 2011, in Daraa, Syria -- Wendy Pearlman -- 5 .It Takes Two (or More) to Tango -- The Local Coproduction of the Alexandrian Revolutionary Moment -- Youssef El Chazli -- 6. Violence, Social Actors, and Subjectivation in the Egyptian Revolution -- Farhad Khosrokhavar -- Conclusion -- Unruly Protest -- Charles Kurzman -- Index
Author |
: Julia Rone |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 172 |
Release |
: 2020-11-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000288940 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000288943 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Contesting Austerity and Free Trade in the EU by : Julia Rone
The book explores the diffusion of protest against austerity and free trade agreements in the wave of contention that shook the EU following the 2008 economic crisis. It discusses how protests against austerity and free trade agreements manifested a wider discontent with the constitutionalization of economic policy and the way economic decisions have been insulated from democratic debate. It also explores the differentiated politicization of these issues and the diffusion of protests across Western as well as Eastern Europe, which has often been neglected in studies of the post-crisis turmoil. Julia Rone emphasizes that far from being an automatic spontaneous process, protest diffusion is highly complex, and its success or failure can be impacted by the strategic agency and media practices of key political players involved such as bottom-up activists, as well as trade unions, political parties, NGOs, intellectuals and mainstream media. This is an important resource for media and communications students and scholars with an interest in activism, political economy, social movement studies and protest movements.
Author |
: Howard Bryant |
Publisher |
: Beacon Press |
Total Pages |
: 290 |
Release |
: 2018-05-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807026991 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807026999 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Heritage by : Howard Bryant
Following in the footsteps of Robeson, Ali, Robinson and others, today’s Black athletes re-engage with social issues and the meaning of American patriotism Named a best book of 2018 by Library Journal It used to be that politics and sports were as separate from one another as church and state. The ballfield was an escape from the world’s worst problems, top athletes were treated like heroes, and cheering for the home team was as easy and innocent as hot dogs and beer. “No news on the sports page” was a governing principle in newsrooms. That was then. Today, sports arenas have been transformed into staging grounds for American patriotism and the hero worship of law enforcement. Teams wear camouflage jerseys to honor those who serve; police officers throw out first pitches; soldiers surprise their families with homecomings at halftime. Sports and politics are decidedly entwined. But as journalist Howard Bryant reveals, this has always been more complicated for black athletes, who from the start, were committing a political act simply by being on the field. In fact, among all black employees in twentieth-century America, perhaps no other group had more outsized influence and power than ballplayers. The immense social responsibilities that came with the role is part of the black athletic heritage. It is a heritage built by the influence of the superstardom and radical politics of Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos through the 1960s; undermined by apolitical, corporate-friendly “transcenders of race,” O. J. Simpson, Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods in the following decades; and reclaimed today by the likes of LeBron James, Colin Kaepernick, and Carmelo Anthony. The Heritage is the story of the rise, fall, and fervent return of the athlete-activist. Through deep research and interviews with some of sports’ best-known stars—including Kaepernick, David Ortiz, Charles Barkley, and Chris Webber—as well as members of law enforcement and the military, Bryant details the collision of post-9/11 sports in America and the politically engaged post-Ferguson black athlete.