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Entering the Global Arena (2019)
Book
Grix, J., Michael Brannagan, P., & Lee, D. (2019). Entering the Global Arena. Springer

First book to draw together the infancy of published work on sports events and emerging states

Situates the debate within key, mainstream literature in contemporary international relations, sociology, political science and sports studies

Offers... Read More about Entering the Global Arena.

The political economy of dive tourism: precarity at the periphery in Malaysia (2017)
Journal Article
Hampton, M. P., Jeyacheya, J., & Lee, D. (2018). The political economy of dive tourism: precarity at the periphery in Malaysia. Tourism Geographies, 20(1), 107-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2017.1357141

Using a critical political economy approach and the concept of labour precarity, the international dive tourism industry in Sabah, Malaysia and its workers’ vulnerabilities are interrogated. Fieldwork data highlights dive tourism's socio-economic imp... Read More about The political economy of dive tourism: precarity at the periphery in Malaysia.

Corporeal Capitalism: The Body in International Political Economy (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, N., & Lee, D. (2015). Corporeal Capitalism: The Body in International Political Economy. Global Society, 29(1), 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2014.976608

This themed section takes as its starting point the premise that the body matters in International Political Economy (IPE) and presents four original articles that support and illustrate this ontologically critical and, perhaps, provocative position.... Read More about Corporeal Capitalism: The Body in International Political Economy.

Implementing the Employability Agenda: A Critical Review of Curriculum Developments in Political Science and International Relations in English Universities (2014)
Journal Article
Lee, D., Foster, E., & Snaith, H. (2016). Implementing the Employability Agenda: A Critical Review of Curriculum Developments in Political Science and International Relations in English Universities. Politics, 36(1), 95-111. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9256.12061

This article draws on research commissioned by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and conducted during 2013. It interrogates the ways in which the employability agenda has been fed through to the level of individual politics departments. The project... Read More about Implementing the Employability Agenda: A Critical Review of Curriculum Developments in Political Science and International Relations in English Universities.

The political economy of precarious work in the tourism industry in small island developing states (2014)
Journal Article
Lee, D., Hampton, M., & Jeyacheya, J. (2015). The political economy of precarious work in the tourism industry in small island developing states. Review of International Political Economy, 22(1), 194-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2014.887590

International tourism is now the predominant industry driving growth in many small island developing states (SIDS). Governments of small islands in the Indian Ocean, Caribbean and Pacific have seemingly put most of their eggs into one development bas... Read More about The political economy of precarious work in the tourism industry in small island developing states.

Soft Power, Sports Mega-Events and Emerging States: The Lure of the Politics of Attraction (2013)
Journal Article
Grix, J., & Lee, D. (2013). Soft Power, Sports Mega-Events and Emerging States: The Lure of the Politics of Attraction. Global Society, 27(4), 521-536. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2013.827632

This article highlights and analyses a hitherto largely neglected dimension to the growing agency of large developing countries in global affairs: their hosting of international sports mega-events. Why are large developing countries hosting sports me... Read More about Soft Power, Sports Mega-Events and Emerging States: The Lure of the Politics of Attraction.