Spin doctors and sportsbrokers: Researching Elites in Contemporary Sport — A Research Note on the Tour de France

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 364-377

  Palmer, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

brokerage; ethnography; research issues; Tour de France

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998022190     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101269000035003008     Document Type: Article

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