Sport and Society (eBook, PDF)

A Student Introduction
Redaktion: Houlihan, Barrie; Malcolm, Dominic

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

'This third edition of Sport and Society, with contributions from some of the field's most highly respected scholars, covers the myriad of complex, pervasive and global issues confronting sport in the 21st century. It continues to be a foundation text for students across most sport disciplines'

- Russel Hoye, La Trobe University, Australia

'The third edition of Sport and Society reinforces its place as one of the most valuable texts for students and others engaging in social scientific study of sport. Overall, the book continues to achieve an unrivalled balance between different social science disciplines that have been applied to sport; between local, national and international issues; and between broad overviews and specific detail on every topic. The end result is a book that is "a must" on many academic reading lists!'


- Iain Lindsey, Durham University, UK

Fully updated and revised, the Third Edition of Barrie Houlihan and Dominic Malcolm's ground-breaking Sport and Society provides students and instructors with a one-stop text that is comprehensive, accessible, international, and engaging. This popular book:

• Approaches the study of sport from a multi-disciplinary perspective
• Presents the importance of social structure, power, and inequality in analysing the nature and significance of sport in society
• Addresses the rapid commercialization and regulation of sport
• Engages in comparative analysis to understand problems clearly and produce sound solutions
• Expands students' knowledge through chapter summaries, guides to further reading, and extensive bibliographies
• Offers five new chapters addressing the key contemporary issues of: lifestyle sport; sport for development and peace; the governance of international sport organisations; sports fandom; and sport in East Asia.

A superb teaching text, this new edition will be relished by instructors seeking an authoritative introduction to sport and society and students who want a relevant, enriching text for their learning and research needs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473943247
• Artikelnr.: 44229454

Autorenporträt

Barrie Houlihan is Professor of Sport Policy in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University, and Visiting Professor at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. His research interests include the domestic and international policy processes for sport. He has authored or edited twenty books and over fifty journal articles. His most recent books include Managing Elite Sport Systems (edited with Svein Andersen and Lars Tore Ronglan, Routledge 2015), Sport Policy in Britain (with Iain Lindsey, Routledge 2012) and a third edition of Sport and Society (edited with Dominic Malcolm, SAGE 2015). Barrie has undertaken consultancy projects for various UK government departments, UK Sport, UNESCO, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the European Union. He is the editor in chief of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. Dominic Malcolm is Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences. Following a Politics degree at Nottingham University, Dominic studied for a Masters in the Sociology of Sport at the University of Leicester. On completion of the Masters he was appointed Research Associate in the Centre for Research into Sport and Society, where he subsequently became Lecturer and Director of Masters Programmes. He completed his PhD at Leicester in December 2004.

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON SPORT
Sport and Social Theory - Dominic Malcolm
Power, Politics and Sport - Barrie Houlihan
History and Sport - Martin Polley and Fiona Skillen
PART TWO: STRUCTURING OPPORTUNITIES IN SPORT
Social Exclusion from Sport and Leisure - Michael F. Collins
Lifestyle Sport - Belinda Wheaton
Women, Sport and Gender Inequity - Ruth Jeanes and Laura Hills
Sport and Health - Parissa Safai and Dominic Malcolm
Sport for Development - Richard Giulianotti
Sport and Disability - Nigel Thomas and Andy Smith
The Politics of 'Race' and Sports Policy in the United Kingdom - Ben Carrington and Ian McDonald
Physical Culture and the Polarised American Metropolis - David Andrews, Mike Silk and Robert Pitter
PART THREE: THE IMPACT OF COMMERCIALISATION
The Business of Sport - Leigh Robinson
Sport and the Media - Richard Haynes
Organisation Theory and the Management of Sport Organisations - John Amis and Trevor Slack
Doping and Sport - Barrie Houlihan
The Relationship between Sport and Tourism - Mike Weed and Guy Jackson
The Olympic Games: Winners and Losers - Holger Preuss
Fandom - Kevin Dixon
Sport Governance - Arnout Geeraert
PART FOUR: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON AND CONTEXT
Sport in North America: The United States and Canada - Trevor Slack and Milena Parent
Sport in the Asia-Pacific region - Alan Bairner and Jung Woo Lee
Sport, the role of the European Union and the decline of the national state? - Ian P. Henry
An Introduction to the Study of Sport in the Muslim World - Mahfoud Amara
Sport and Globalisation - Barrie Houlihan

Rezensionen

Houlihan and Malcolm have produced a key text for our times. Drawing upon the work of internationally recognized scholars, the book locates the individual within the complexities of the social, political and economic matrix that characterizes contemporary sport. Moreover, the authors have skillfully managed to highlight the policy implications of contemporary issues within the global-local context. This will be an essential resource for both researchers and students seeking to understand the multifaceted and increasingly significant role of sport in society.

Professor Steve Jackson