{"product_id":"9781526117106","title":"Mega-Events and Social Change: Spectacle, Legacy and Public Culture","description":"The spectacle of major cultural and sporting events can preoccupy modern societies. This book is concerned with contemporary mega-events, like the Olympics and Expos. Using a sociological perspective Roche argues that mega-events reflect the major social changes which now influence our societies, particularly in the West, and that these amount to a new 'second phase' of the modernization process. Changes are particularly visible in the media, urban and global locational aspects of mega-events. Thus he suggests that contemporary mega-events, both in their achievements and their vulnerabilities, reflect, in the media sphere, the rise of the internet; in the urban sphere, de-industrialisation and the growing ecological crisis; and in the global sphere, the relative decline of the West and the rise of China and other 'emerging' countries. The book investigates the ways in which contemporary mega-events reflect, but also mark and influence, social changes in each of these three contexts.","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127897669872,"sku":"9781526117106","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781526117106_p0.jpg?v=1763738989","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781526117106","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}