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Since The 1980s Sport Studies Has Matured Both As An Academic Discipline And As A Focus For Mainstream Political And Public Policy Debate. In Culture, Politics And Sport: Blowing The Whistle, Revisited, Garry Whannel Revisits The Themes That Led His First Edition, Assessing Their 1980s Context From Our New Millennium Perspective, And Exploring Their Continued Relevance For Contemporary Sports Academics. This Revisited Volume Will Appeal To Undergraduate Students And Researchers In Sports And Cultural Studies.--jacket. Introduction -- The Complete Original Text Of Blowing The Whistle: The Politics Of Sport -- Profiting By The Presence Of Ideals: Sponsorship And Olympism -- Sport And Popular Culture: The Temporary Triumph Of Process Over Product -- Pleasures, Commodities And Spaces -- Nations, Identities, Celebrities And Bodies -- Globalisation: The Global And The Local -- Back To Politics. Garry Whannel. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [247]-253) And Index.