Explores the relationship between sport and national identities within the context of globalization in the modern era.

Globalization and Sport argues that although sport is a source of pleasure, it is also part of the government of everyday life. The creation of a sporting calen

The game of rugby has changed significantly in the course of its history. In the early part of the 19th century it evolved from a folk game played by the workin

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 t

Twenty years of professionalism has seen rugby union undergo dramatic transformations, from changes to everyday training cultures to the growth of the Rugby Wor