Grant Jarvie

Sport, Culture and Society (eBook, ePUB)

An introduction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This critical, challenging and comprehensive textbook introduces the study of sport, culture and society. International in scope and full of contemporary examples, it places sport at the heart of the analysis and is complemented by a new companion website providing a wealth of additional resources for students and instructors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 570
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317422716
• Artikelnr.: 48838092

Autorenporträt

Grant Jarvie is Professor and Founding Director of the Academy of Sport at the University of Edinburgh, UK James Thornton is a marketing manager at London Business School, UK, and co-author of Sport, Culture and Society (2nd edition) Hector Mackie is a doctoral student at the University of Toronto, Canada

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I: The Broader Context 1. Sport
Theory and the Problem of Values 2. Sport
History and Social Change 3. Sport
Economics and Wealth 4. Sport
Development and Peace 5. Sport
Politics and Culture PART II: Global Sport and Community 6. Global Sport in a Deglobalising World? 7. Sport
Law and Governance 8. Sport and Community 9. Internationalism
Reconciliation and Sport in the Making of Nations 10. Sport
Media and Technology 11. Sport
Social Capital and Civil Society 12. Sport and Education PART III: Sport and Contemporary Social Issues 13. Sport and the Environment 14. Sport and Racism 15. Sport
Violence and Crime 16. Sport
Religion and Spirituality 17. Sport
Gender and Sexuality 18. Sport and Health 19. Sport and Disability 20. Sport
Cities
the Olympics and Major Sporting Events 21. Sport
Lifestyles and Alternatives 22. Sport
Gambling and Corruption 23. Sport
Poverty and Homelessness PART IV: Sport as a Resource of Hope and the Politics of the Possible 24. Sport
Social Movements and Protest 25. Sport
Cultural Relations and Damned Nations 26. Sport
Human Rights and Public Action 27. Sport for Social Change 28. Sport
Advocacy the Public Intellectuals Conclusion: Theses on Sport
Culture and Society Bibliography