Economics 1021A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Spectator Sport, Industrial Revolution, Meritocracy

• School: Western University
• Department: Economics
• Course: Economics 1021A/B
• Professor: bruce hammond

Document Summary

Sport is relational, not substantial - if you understand sport you have to understand its society in which it is played in. Before the industrial revolution, sport was not a job and not commercialized the industrial revolution meant less space and less time to play games and sports for most people in the. These conditions gave rise to spectator sport which was popular and profitable. Sports becoming commercialized and professionalized by the end of the 19th century. These two trends intensify throughout the twentieth century with the emergence of media and other technology, as well as the intensification of capitalism. Capitalist society and the rise of spectator sports. Spectator sport occurred when there wasn"t enough space available to so not everyone was able to play meaning people would watch. Sport can"t become commercialised unless people want to watch it. Economy: the way in which wealth is produced and distributed in a society e. g. profit.