Vanessa McDermott

The War on Drugs in Sport

Moral Panics and Organizational Legitimacy

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Produktbeschreibung

This innovative and compelling work critically examines the relationship between sport, moral regulation and governance from a moral panic theoretical perspective. It argues that doping scandals create a crisis for sport governing bodies and other elite groups, leading to a moral panic, where the issues at stake for them are perceptions of their organizational legitimacy. McDermott also highlights the role of the media as a site where claims to legitimacy are made, and contested, contributing to the social construction of a moral panic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781138812017
• ISBN-10: 1138812013
• Artikelnr.: 40846559

Autorenporträt

Vanessa McDermott is a Research Fellow at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Locating Legitimacy and Moral Panics 2. Historical
Overview: The International Olympic Committee, Legitimacy and Doping 3. The
World Anti-Doping Agency: Legitimacy and a Moral Panic 4. The Australian
Football League: Legitimating the War on Drugs in Sport 5. Mediating
Legitimacy and Moral Panics 6. Legitimacy, Doping and the Grassroots
Sporting Community. Conclusion. Appendix 6.1: Interview Research
Methodology. Appendix 6.2: Interview Participants: NSOs, Information &
Education (n=28).