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Informationen zum Autor Kristine Toohey is Professor in Sport Management at Griffith University! Australia.Tracy Taylor is Associate Professor at theGraduate School of Business! University of Technology! Sydney! Australia. Klappentext Contains articles that provide an overview of Australian sporting cultures and their impacts on the global community. This book examines how changes to the structure and logic of sport have impacted on sports' practice and administration. Zusammenfassung This volume of articles provides an overview of current Australian sporting cultures their impacts on the global community. It examines how changes to the structure and logic of sport have impacted on sports’ practice and administration. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Sport in Australia: ‘Worth a Shout’ Kristine Toohey and Tracy Taylor 2. The Australian Sport System and its Stakeholders: Development of Cooperative Relationships Kalliopi (Popi) Sotiriadou 3. The Janus Face of Diversity in Australian Sport Tracy Taylor , Daniel Lock and Simon Darcy 4. The Melbourne Cup: Australian Identity and Secular Pilgrimage Carole M. Cusack and Justine Digance 5. Getting to the Game: Travel to Sports Stadia in the Era of Transit-oriented Development Matthew Burke and Geoffrey Woolcock 6. ‘Brave New World’ or ‘Sticky Wicket’? Women, Management and Organizational Power in Cricket Australia Megan Stronach and Daryl Adair 7. Asia’s Place in the Imaging of Australian Sport Richard Cashman 8. The Importance of Prior Knowledge: The Australian Olympic Committee and the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Stephen Frawley and Kristine Toohey 9. Rugby Union Football in Australian Society: An Unintended Consequence of Intended Actions Peter Horton 10. Social Capital in Australian Sport Dwight Zakus , James Skinner and Allan Edwards ...
