Rugby Union and Globalization [electronic resource] : An Odd-Shaped World /
Harris, J.author.
In 1995 rugby union finally became a professional sport following more than a century as an amateur game. This book offers a critical analysis of the sport in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in contemporary rugby union.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Where and why rugby matters -- The Rugby World Cup -- Power shifts : from league to union -- The rugby player as celebrity -- Player migration in the professional age -- The migration of coaches in Rugby Union -- Passports of convenience -- The lions roar : British identity and the professional game -- Flattening the rugby world.
In 1995 rugby union finally became a professional sport following more than a century as an amateur game. This book offers a critical analysis of the sport in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in contemporary rugby union.
Culture.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Sports—Sociological aspects.
Sports.
Sociology.
Education.
Sociology of Culture.
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Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Popular Science in Sports.
Sociology, general.
Popular Science in Education.