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Manuel García Ferrando

Researcher at University of Valencia

Publications -  5
Citations -  128

Manuel García Ferrando is an academic researcher from University of Valencia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Globalization & Glocalization. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications receiving 126 citations.

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Veinticinco años de análisis del comportamiento deportivo de la población española (1980-2005)

TL;DR: A study of the Spanish population sport behaviour from the beginning of the democratic transition until de middle of the first decade of the XXI century, relies on a strong theoretical and empirical basis, six national social surveys that cover the 2005-1990 period as discussed by the authors.
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Public Opinion, National Integration and National Identity in Spain: The Case of the Barcelona Olympic Games

TL;DR: The impact of the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games on national integration and national identity in Spain with respect to the conflict of interests that developed around the Games between the centre and Catalonia is analyzed in this article.

Los Juegos Olímpicos como NOMS. El olimpismo en la sociedad deportivizada global

TL;DR: This article present a tesis de que the Juegos olimpicos modernos pueden interpretarse, trascendiendo their dimension estrictamente deportiva, como un Nuevo Objeto-Mundo Social.
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The glocalizing duality of contemporary sport

TL;DR: The authors assesses the current debate, in the sphere of the sociology of sport, on globalization and sport, arguing that the advance of world sport now, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, is better understood in terms of the phenomenon of glocalization, that is, as a process by which global demands and forces conform or adapt to local conditions, contributing in this way to the production of 'township' and 'community' and to the emergence of national identities.