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Introduction—Sports Mega-Events in Asia: Past, Present and Future

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Sports Mega-Events in Asia

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This chapter introduces the academic and social context for studying sports mega-events in Asia and the contents of the book, from which its title is derived. The chapter briefly sketches the state of play with respect to studies of mega-events and suggests where future research may be heading.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Formerly Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

    John Horne

  2. Independent Scholar, Edinburgh, UK

    John Horne

  3. Otaru University of Commerce, Otaru, Japan

    Koji Kobayashi

  4. Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand

    Koji Kobayashi

  5. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea

    Younghan Cho

  6. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Jung Woo Lee

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Otaru University of Commerce, Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan

    Koji Kobayashi

  2. Formerly Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

    John Horne

  3. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Younghan Cho

  4. Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK

    Jung Woo Lee

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Horne, J., Kobayashi, K., Cho, Y., Lee, J.W. (2023). Introduction—Sports Mega-Events in Asia: Past, Present and Future. In: Kobayashi, K., Horne, J., Cho, Y., Lee, J.W. (eds) Sports Mega-Events in Asia. Palgrave Series of Sport in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0011-4_1

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