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The Rugby World in the Professional Era, Paperback / softback Book

The Rugby World in the Professional Era Paperback / softback

Edited by John Nauright, Tony Collins

Part of the Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society series

Paperback / softback

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Twenty years of professionalism has seen rugby union undergo dramatic transformations, from changes to everyday training cultures to the growth of the Rugby World Cup into one of the largest global sporting events.

The Rugby World in the Professional Era is the first book to examine the effect that professionalism has had across a number of different aspects of the game and the wider socio-cultural significance of these changes through case studies from across the globe. Drawing on contributions from scholars from across the rugby-playing world, the book explores the role of rugby's professionalisation through a number of social-scientific lenses, including:labour migrationrace and indigenous populationsthe globalisation of the gamemega-event managementmale sexualitiesmedia representations of rugby - from broadcasting matches to rugby in museums and on stage and screenOffering insights into under-researched areas of the sport, such as the growth of Rugby Sevens into an Olympic sport, and providing the most up-to-date recent history of the sport available, The Rugby World in the Professional Era is essential reading for anyone with an academic interest in rugby, and any student or scholar with interests in sports history, sports sociology, sport management or the economics of professional sport.

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