Global Sports Go Green—Or Do They?
Toby Miller author Joan Pedro-Carañana author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Published:18th Feb '26
Should be back in stock very soon
This book explores the multifaceted impact of sports mega-events, from the World Cup to the Olympics, Formula One, and America’s Cup. Often celebrated for uniting nations, showcasing culture, and driving economic growth, these events also face increasing scrutiny for their ecological and social consequences. Global Sports Go Green—Or Do They? critically examines claims of environmental responsibility, addressing their effects on ecosystems, communities, and athletes, and interrogates the gap between greenwashing rhetoric, material realities, and grassroots resistance.
The book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of the sociology of sport, mega-events, sociology of culture and sustainability.
"Toby Miller and Joan PedroCarañana in their timely new work provide a multi-faceted and very detailed study that goes well beyond the traditional examination and celebration of the uniting function of sporting mega events. ... For anyone seeking to grapple with and understand the complexity of sport ecology (McCullough, Orr, & Kellison 2020) which the authors seek to clarify, this is a very brave, valuable and readable piece of writing that should appeal to a wide readership ... ." (Russell Holden, idrottsforum.org, June 9, 2026)
ISBN: 9783032142061
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471 pages