Grant Jarvie

eBook, ePUB

Sport, Culture and Society (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction

Beschreibung

This exciting, accessible introduction to the field of Sports Studies is the most comprehensive guide yet to the relationships between sport, culture and society. Taking an international perspective, Sport, Culture and Society provides students with the insight they need to think critically about the nature of sport, and includes:

• a clear and comprehensive structure
• unrivalled coverage of the history, culture, media, sociology, politics and anthropology of sport
• coverage of core topics and emerging areas
• extensive original research and new case study material.

The book offers a full range of features to help guide students and lecturers, including essay topics, seminar questions, key definitions, extracts from primary sources, extensive case studies, and guides to further reading. Sport, Culture and Society represents both an important course resource for students of sport and also sets a new agenda for the social scientific study of sport.

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 6.54MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Grant Jarvie is Professor, Chair of Sport and Director of the Academy of Sport at the University of Edinburgh, UK, while also being associated with the University of Toronto, Canada. A former University Vice-Principal-Provost and Chair with a National Sports Council, he has held three established university chairs and is a Director with Motherwell Football Club and advises governments all over the world. Paul Widdop is a Reader in Sport Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is a sport sociologist whose work explores the relationships between sport, culture, and society. His research examines how social networks, economic structures, and cultural forces shape the organisation of sport and the experiences of those who consume it. He has published widely on topics including fandom, cultural consumption, and the sociology of football, and has contributed to debates on the role of sport in communities, education, and public life. Ross Walker is Lecturer in Sport Management at the University of Stirling, UK, and has worked previously at The University of Edinburgh and University of the West of Scotland. A former international athlete, he has worked with sport organisations worldwide and at events such as the Commonwealth Games and The Homeless World Cup. Ross' research has featured in media outlets globally and won awards.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134401628
• Artikelnr.: 42675510

Rezensionen

"Grant Jarvie is one of the most authoritative voices on sport and its wider role in international development and community cohesion." - Baroness Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 2001-2007, Minister for the London Olympics and Paralympics, 2009-2010, UK

"Sport, Culture and Society endures as the seminal, inter-disciplinary work on the role sport has, does, and should play in domestic and international affairs. Now in its 3^rd iteration, the book is beautifully written, deeply researched and organised in a highly logical manner. The new case studies, which validate robust and time-tested theories, demonstrate that Jarvie and his opus remain as the

world's leading sources on all matters sport." - Stuart Murray, Associate Professor of International Relations and Diplomacy, Bond University, Australia

"I have always considered Grant Jarvie's Sport, Culture and Society one of the most insightful, comprehensive, and readable accounts of the dynamic place of sports in the contemporary world order. He's done even better in this significantly enlarged and updated 3^rd edition. It's organized within a coherent theoretical lens, rich in examples drawn from every part of the world, and persuasively argued. What I particularly appreciate is his commitment to social justice, and his advice on how sports and sportspeople can either enable or undermine progressive social change." - Bruce Kidd, Vice President and Principal, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada