Eric Dunning

Sport Matters

Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilisation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award Sport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers such topics as the history of sport, the development of ideas of 'fair play', sport and the emotions, the professionalization of sport, race-relations and sport and sport and gender. Unique in its cross-cultural analysis, it uses examples from around the globe, including sports spectator violence in North America, the growth of international soccer and the role of sport in the European identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780415093781
• ISBN-10: 0415093783
• Artikelnr.: 21240457

Autorenporträt

Eric Dunning is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Leicester and Visiting Professor of Sociology at University College Dublin. He is author of a number of works, including Quest for Excitement (1989) and Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process (1992).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 On Problems of the Emotions in Sport and Leisure
Chapter 2 Sport in the Western Civilizing Process
Chapter 3 Sport in Space and Time
Chapter 4 The Development of Soccer as a World Game
Chapter 5 The Dynamics of Sports Consumption
Chapter 6 Soccer Hooliganism as a World Social Problem
Chapter 7 Sports Crowd Violence in North America
Chapter 8 Sport in the Process of Racial Stratification
Chapter 9 Sport, Gender and Civilization
Conclusion