Timely and engaging, this is the first book to really map out and develop the emerging field of the sociology of Europe.
Contemporary mega-events like Olympics and Expos, together with the organisations which control them, can be risky and controversial projects. This book interprets how they reflect, mark and influence, deeper social changes in the media, cities and global geopolitics. -- .
Explores the social history and politics of 'mega-events' from the late 19th century to the present. Case studies: 1936 Berlin Olympics, 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 1851 Crystal Palace Expo. A thoroughly new and ground-breaking analysis.
This book looks at phenomenology and conceptual analysis which have been influential in sociology and psychology. It discusses humanistic psychiatry and... Læs mere