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Informationen zum Autor Vassil Girginov is Reader in Sport Management/Development at Brunel University. He has systematically researched and published in the field of sport management and development! and Olympism. His recent books include The Olympics: A Critical Reader (2010) and Management of Sports Development (Elsevier! 2008).He is also Executive Editor of Routledge 2012 Olympic Special Issue involving some 40 journals from a range of academic disciplines to be launched at the 2012 ICSEMIS Scientific Convention in Glasgow before the London Olympic Games. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to address sport management from a cultural perspective. It offers a comprehensive review of the conceptualisations of culture and its relation with sport management. This book was published as a special issue of European Sport Management Quarterly. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Culture and the study of sport management Vassil Girginov 2. Sport, Muslim Identities and Cultures in the UK, an Emerging Policy Issue: Case Studies of Leicester and Birmingham Mahfoud Amara and Ian P. Henry 3. Cross-Sector Variation in Organizational Culture in the Fitness Industry Eric W. MacIntosh , Alison Doherty and Matt Walker 4. A Culture of Trust: Engaging Muslim Women in Community Sport Organizations Hazel Maxwell and Tracy Taylor 5. Meanings and functions in Olympic consumption: A study of the Athens 2004 Olympic licensed products Artemisia Apostolopoulou, Dimitra Papadimitriou and Vasia Damtsiou 6. Embracing Cultural Contexts and Critical Reflexivity: (Re)presenting the Global Sports Industry in Research and Practice Steven W. Pope 7. Epilogue: Sport management research as a culture of knowledge and ignorance creation Vassil Girginov
