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      May the Best Team Win

      Andrew Zimbalist

      Provides a critical analysis of the U.S. baseball industry, focusing on the abuses and inefficiencies that have plagued the game since the 1990s, when franchise owners appointed their colleague Bud…

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      May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy

      Andrew Zimbalist

      Provides a critical analysis of the U.S. baseball industry, focusing on the abuses and inefficiencies that have plagued the game since the 1990s, when franchise owners appointed their colleague Bud…

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      In the Best Interests of Baseball?: Governing the National Pastime

      Andrew Zimbalist

      Challenges everything you thought you knew about baseball, the Major Leagues, the players, the owners, and, most of all, the man at the helm

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      The Bottom Line: Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business

      Andrew Zimbalist

      A collection of more than 100 essays written between 1998 and 2006 on the sports industry. They delve into some of the important sports business issues, including the financing of…

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      The Bottom Line: Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business

      Andrew Zimbalist

      A collection of more than 100 essays written between 1998 and 2006 on the sports industry. They delve into some of the important sports business issues, including the financing of…

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      Cuban Political Economy: Controversies in Cubanology

      This comprehensive and authoritative book assesses in theoretical and empirical terms some of the most widely debated issues in the study of Cuban political economy. It presents a broad critique…

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      Industrialization in Sandinista Nicaragua: Policy and Practice in a Mixed Economy

      This book explores whether the Sandinista ‘mixed economy’-a ‘transitional’ mixed economy-could have been stable if the Sandinistas had been able to pursue their industrialization strategy for a longer period of…

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      Cuban Political Economy: Controversies in Cubanology

      This comprehensive and authoritative book assesses in theoretical and empirical terms some of the most widely debated issues in the study of Cuban political economy. It presents a broad critique…

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      Industrialization in Sandinista Nicaragua: Policy and Practice in a Mixed Economy

      This book explores whether the Sandinista ‘mixed economy’-a ‘transitional’ mixed economy-could have been stable if the Sandinistas had been able to pursue their industrialization strategy for a longer period of…

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      Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup

      Andrew Zimbalist

      Tackles the claim that cities chosen to host high-profile sporting events experience an economic windfall. In this new edition Andrew Zimbalist looks at upcoming summer and winter Olympic games, discusses…

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      Rio 2016: Olympic Myths, Hard Realities

      A clear-eyed, critical examination of the social, political, and economic costs of hosting the 2016 summer Olympics. Rio 2016 assembles the views of leading experts on Brazil and the Olympics…

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      Whither College Sports: Amateurism, Athlete Safety, and Academic Integrity

      Andrew Zimbalist

      Intercollegiate athletics is under assault from all sides. Its economic model is yielding increasing and unsustainable deficits and widening inequality. This book lays out the starkly different paths that college…

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      Whither College Sports: Amateurism, Athlete Safety, and Academic Integrity

      Andrew Zimbalist

      Intercollegiate athletics is under assault from all sides. Its economic model is yielding increasing and unsustainable deficits and widening inequality. This book lays out the starkly different paths that college…

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      Baseball and Billions: A Probing Look Inside the Big Business of Our National Pastime

      Andrew Zimbalist

      With updated financial data throughout, this book exposes baseball’s secret financial statistics. A postscript chapter presents recent events such as the dismissal of Fay Vincent as baseball’s commissioner, and a…

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      Case Studies on the Labour Process

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      The Sabermetric Revolution: Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball

      Benjamin Baumer,Andrew Zimbalist

      The Sabermetric Revolution examines the increasingly widespread use of sabermetrics to evaluate baseball player performance. Along the way, the book corrects common misconceptions about moneyball and evaluates the success of…

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      Panama at the Crossroads: Economic Development and Political Change in the Twentieth Century

      Andrew Zimbalist,John Weeks

      In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama, deposed its government, and established another in its place. While this act of violent intervention brought Panama to public attention, the justifications…

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      Panama at the Crossroads: Economic Development and Political Change in the Twentieth Century

      Andrew Zimbalist,John Weeks

      In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama, deposed its government, and established another in its place. While this act of violent intervention brought Panama to public attention, the justifications…

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      Cascade of Arms: Managing Conventional Weapons Proliferation

      Andrew Zimbalist

      This text examines the policies and practices of the major arms-supplying nations.

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      Equal Play: Title IX and Social Change

      Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 reflects America’s aspirational belief that girls and boys, women and men, both deserve equal educational opportunities in athletics. This book shows how…

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      Equal Play: Title IX and Social Change

      Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 reflects America’s aspirational belief that girls and boys, women and men, both deserve equal educational opportunities in athletics. This book shows how…

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      Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: the Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums

      Examines the economic impact of new sports stadiums and the presence of a sports franchise on the local economy in the US. The book contains case studies of major league…

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      Unwinding Madness: What Went Wrong with College Sports-and How to Fix It

      Gerald Gurney,Donna A. Lopiano,Andrew Zimbalist

      Offers the most comprehensive examination to date of how the NCAA has lost its way in the governance of intercollegiate athletics - and why it is incapable of achieving reform…

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