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Einleitung
In diesem einleitenden Kapitel werden die Prozesse beschrieben, die dazu beigetragen haben, dass der Fußball seit den frühen 1990er-Jahren in die...
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Short-Term Fluctuations Versus Long-Range Trends: Unearthing Investment Opportunities
Betting against the crowd is risky but possible as long as we identify time frames and constraintsConstraints in which we have an edge over the...
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Signs of Collective Dynamics: Insights from the Stock Market Collapse
This chapter delves into the intriguing realm of emergent dynamics within collectives, demonstrating how seemingly complex behaviors can be distilled...
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Unraveling the Complexities of Chronic Armed Conflicts: Patterns, Predictability, and Uncertainties
This chapter delves into the intricate dynamics of chronic armed conflictsArmed conflict, which exhibit discernible patterns and a notable element of...
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Subjects in the Field of Football: Preference Formation in the Pre-Political Space
The thesis of this chapter is that arenas of authenticity in modern football have been systematically reduced in order to subordinate them to the...
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Internationalization of Football: In Fatal Proximity to Autocratic Practices
This chapter deals with the interrelation of the economization of football and its increasing willingness to accept non-democratic practices. On the...
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Conclusion: Football as Selective Homeland
In this short and final chapter of the book, the main insights of the chapters are brought together and connected to theoretic considerations on the...
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Playing “Like a Guy”: Game Style, Physicality, and Embodiment
This chapter examines what it means to play basketball “like a woman,” a concept that is shaped by a long legacy of gendered and racialised...
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Conclusion
This concluding chapter traces the seismic shift in the way the WNBA has positioned itself, from the feminine emphasis of the early years of the...
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“It’s My Job”: Building a Professional League
This chapter questions what it means that the WNBA is a professional league, yet one that does not operate with the same resources as equivalent male...
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The “3 to See” and Beyond
This chapter starts from what I argue is a turning point in the WNBA’s history: the 2013 draft, which included the “3 to See”—up and coming stars,...
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“Bet on Women”: Understanding the Wage Gap
This chapter highlights the role of the labour movement and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) in securing a transformative...
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Stellschrauben mit Wirkung. Grundlegende Aspekte, Relevanz und Effekte visueller Parameter von Sport-Live-Übertragungen
Vor dem Hintergrund einer gewachsenen Bedeutung und einer zunehmenden Professionalisierung von Sport-Live-Übertragungen arbeitet der Beitrag...
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Zwischen Tradition und Medialisierung. Die Inszenierung von Athleten und Veranstaltungen in der Fernsehberichterstattung über die Schweizer Nationalsportart Schwingen
Am Beispiel der Fernsehberichterstattung über Großereignisse in der schweizerischen Nationalsportart Schwingen in den Jahren 2007, 2013 und 2019...
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Introduction: Rethinking the Role of Historic Olympic Cities
This first chapter provides the context of the book objectives and the Olympic Games and Global Cities (OGGC) research program. Two dynamics observed...
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Exploring the (Un)sustainability of Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028
This chapter deals with the sustainability assessment of the Paris and Los Angeles Games. The economic, social, and political risks inherent in...
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In Conclusion, What Next for the Olympic Cities?
This chapter is an open-ended conclusion on the future of the Olympic system. We explain how the Games are a singular institution that not only spans...
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Understanding the Socio-political Construction of the Games’ Contestation: Another Challenge for Paris 2024
This chapter shows that, even if the Games are a powerful mythology nowadays, the recent bids have involved new forms of citizen participation,...
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Forschungsstand
Dieses Kapitel umreißt den für die vorliegende Untersuchung relevanten Forschungsstand. In einem ersten Schritt werden aktuelle Forschungsthemen und...
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Methodischer Rahmen: Das ethnographische Forschen im Gefängnis
Im folgenden Kapitel wird – unter Rückbezug auf den dieser Arbeit zugrundeliegenden qualitativen Forschungsansatz – der ethnographische Zugang als im...