{"product_id":"9781526117083","title":"Mega-events and social change","description":"Author: Maurice Roche\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526117083\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 16 May 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 344 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spectacle of major cultural and sporting events can preoccupy modern societies. This book is concerned with contemporary mega-events, like the Olympics and Expos. Using a sociological perspective Roche argues that mega-events reflect the major social changes which now influence our societies, particularly in the West, and that these amount to a new 'second phase' of the modernization process. Changes are particularly visible in the media, urban and global locational aspects of mega-events. Thus he suggests that contemporary mega-events, both in their achievements and their vulnerabilities, reflect, in the media sphere, the rise of the internet; in the urban sphere, de-industrialisation and the growing ecological crisis; and in the global sphere, the relative decline of the West and the rise of China and other 'emerging' countries. -- .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920472064158,"sku":"ING-9781526117083","price":206.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526117083.jpg?v=1782821298","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526117083","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}