Robert E. Washington, David Karen

Sport, Power, and Society (eBook, ePUB)

Institutions and Practices: A Reader

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive collection examines the culture of sport and its relationship with various social institutions. Providing a cohesive foundation for a wide range of readings, Sport, Power, and Society is a must-have resource for understanding the current issues and debates surrounding the interactions of sport and society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429976841
• Artikelnr.: 54003580

Autorenporträt

Robert E Washington

Inhaltsangabe

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A NOTE TO THE READER INTRODUCTION: SPORT AS A MODEL OF MERITOCRACY PART I * Raiding the Public Treasury: The Political Economy of Professional Sports 1. PUBLIC DOLLARS
PRIVATE STADIUMS
AND DEMOCRACY
Kevin J. Delaney and Rick Eckstein 2. MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN: MAKING BASEBALL COMPETITIVE
Andrew Zimbalist 3. ROOTING THE HOME TEAM: WHY THE PACKERS WON'T LEAVE--AND WHY THE BROWNS DID
David Morris and Daniel Kraker 4. AMERICA'S FASTEST GROWING SPORT
Brian O'Keefe and Julie Schlosser 5. BUILDING A MINI METROPOLIS KNOWN AS THE U.S. OPEN
Bill Pennington PART I I * The Faustian Bargain: Big-Time Sports and the Media 6. MONEY
MYTH AND THE BIG MATCH: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE SPORTS MEDIA
David Rowe 7. LOSING CONTROL OF THE BALL: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FOOTBALL AND THE MEDIA IN AUSTRALIA
Murray Phillips and Brett Hutchins 8. THE GLOBAL SPORT MASS MEDIA OLIGOPOLY: THE THREE USUAL SUSPECTS AND MORE
Alan Law
Jean Harvey
and Stuart Kemp 9. FOOTBALL
TELEVISION
AND THE SUPREME COURT: HOW A DECISION 20 YEARS AGO BROUGHT COMMERCIALIZATION TO THE WORLD OF COLLEGE SPORTS
Welch Suggs 10. MARKETERS ARE JOINING THE VARSITY
Stuart Elliott PART I I I * True Love
or a Marriage of Convenience? Sports and Education 11. WHO'S PLAYING COLLEGE SPORTS? TRENDS IN PARTICIPATION
John Cheslock 12. THE GAME OF LIFE: TAKING STOCK
James L. Shulman and William G. Bowen 13. RACE
CULTURAL CAPITAL
AND THE EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS OF PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS
Tamela McNulty Eitle and David Eitle 14. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: DEEP IN THE HEART OF SOUTH TEJAS
Douglas Foley 15. ODD JOBS HELP COLLEGE TEAMS STAY AFLOAT
Teddy Kider PART IV * The Power of Athletics: Sports and Politics 16. WHERE ARE THE JOCKS FOR JUSTICE? Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier 17. SPORT
MASCULINITY
AND BLACK CULTURAL RESISTANCE
Ben Carrington 18. TELEVISED SPORT
MASCULINIST MORAL CAPITAL
AND SUPPORT FOR THE INVASION OF IRAQ
Carl Stempel 19. GAY GAMES OR GAY OLYMPICS? IMPLICATIONS FOR LESBIAN INCLUSIO