Sport mega-events and leisure studies

Abstract

Sport mega-events exemplify the power of elitism, commercialisation and consumerism in leisure services. Progressive leisure studies researchers can influence sport and leisure policy by investigating the broader sociocultural impacts of sport mega-events on individuals and communities, with the goal of promoting sport and cultural democracy.

Keywords:

• sport mega-events
• sport policy
• social justice
• cultural democracy

Notes

1. http://www.olympic.org/Assets/OSC%20Section/pdf/OSCs%20in%20the%20world.pdf.

2. This is not intended as an exhaustive review of sports mega-events literature, but rather as an overview of the treatment of this topic in leisure studies literature.