{"product_id":"mega-events-and-social-change-spectacle-legacy-and-public-culture-9781526133878","title":"Mega-Events and Social Change: Spectacle, Legacy and Public Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Maurice Roche\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology of Sports\u003c\/p\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":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46458404143255,"sku":"9781526133878","price":3941.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781526133878.webp?v=1769185375","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mega-events-and-social-change-spectacle-legacy-and-public-culture-9781526133878","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}