introduction to the sociology of sports mega-events / John Horne and Wolfram Manzenreiter
Mega-events and modernity revisited : globalization and the case of the Olympics / Maurice Roche
economic impact of major sports events : a review of ten events in the UK / Chris Gratton, Simon Shibli and Richard Coleman
Urban entrepreneurship, corporate interests and sports mega-events : the thin policies of competitiveness within the hard outcomes of neoliberalism / C. Michael Hall
Underestimated costs and overestimated benefits? : comparing the outcomes of sports mega-events in Canada and Japan / David Whitson and John Horne
Modernizing China in the Olympic spotlight : China's national identity and the 2008 Beijing Olympiad / Xin Xu
2010 Football World Cup as a political construct : the challenge of making good on an African promise / Scarlett Cornelissen and Kamilla Swart
UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal : the social construction of a sports mega-event and spectacle / Salome Marivoet
Sport spectacles, uniformities and the search for identity in late modern Japan / Wolfram Manzenreiter
Deep play : sports mega-events and urban social conditions in the USA / Kimberly S. Schimmel
Olympic urbanism and Olympic villages : planning strategies in Olympic host cities, London 1908 to London 2012 / Francesc Munoz.
