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Sports & Recreation Sociology Of Sports

The greening of golf

Sport, globalization and the environment

by (author) Brad Millington & Brian Wilson

series edited by John Horne

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2019
Category
Sociology of Sports, Golf
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781784993276
    Publish Date
    Feb 2016
    List Price
    $99.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781526143662
    Publish Date
    Sep 2019
    List Price
    $29.95 USD

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Golf is a major global industry. The sport is played by more than 60 million people worldwide and there are more than 32,000 courses in 140 countries across the globe. This book looks at the power relationships in and around golf, examining whether the industry has demonstrated sufficient leadership on environmental matters to be trusted to make weighty decisions with implications for public and environmental health. The first comprehensive study of the varying responses to golf-related environmental issues, it is based on extensive empirical work, including research into historical materials and interviews with stakeholders in golf such as course superintendents, protesters and health professionals. The authors examine golf as a sport and as a global industry, drawing on and contributing to literatures pertaining to environmental sociology, global social movements, institutional change, corporate environmentalism and the sociology of sport.

About the authors

Brad Millington is Lecturer in the Department for Health at the University of Bath, UK

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Brian Wilson is associate professor, cultural studies and sociology, School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia.

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