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Handbook of Sports Studies

Handbook of Sports Studies [electronic resource] / Sports Studies. edited by Jay Coakley and Eric Dunning. - Los Angeles : Sage, 2000. - 1 online resource.

IT Carlow ebook.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[Major Perspectives in the Sociology of Sport] Functionalism, Sport and Society / John W. Loy and Douglas Booth -- Marxist Theories / Bero Rigauer-- Cultural Studies and the Sociology of Sport / Jennifer Hargreaves and Ian McDonald -- Feminist Theories for Sport / Susan Birrell -- Interpretive Approaches to the Sociology of Sport / Peter Donnelly -- Figurational Sociology and its Application to Sport / Patrick Murphy, Ken Sheard, and Ivan Waddington -- Posting up: French Post-structuralism and the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Sporting Culture / David L. Andrews. [Cross-Disciplinary Differences and Connections] The Anthropology of Sport / Kendall Blanchard -- Economics and Sport / Marc Lavoie -- Human Geography and the Study of Sport / John Bale -- Social History and Sport / Nancy L. Struna -- The Philosophy of Sport: a Historical and Conceptual Overview and a Conjecture Regarding its Future / William J. Morgan -- Politics and Sport / Barrie Houlihan -- Psychology and the Study of Sport / Diane L. Gill. [Key Topics] The Development of Modern Sports / Allen Guttmann -- Political Economy and Sport / George Sage -- Education and Sport / C. Roger Rees and Andrew W. Miracle -- Sport and the Media / Garry Whannel -- Theorizing Sport, Social Class and Status / John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson -- Gender and Sport / Nancy Theberge -- Sport, Racism and Ethnicity / Grant Jarvie -- Sport and Nationalism / Lincoln Allison -- Sport and Globalization / Joseph Maguire -- Social Control and Sport / D. Stanley Eitzen -- Sport and Violence / Kevin Young -- Sport and Health: a Sociological Perspective / Ivan Waddington -- Sport and Disability / Howard L. Nixon II -- Body Studies in the Sociology of Sport / Cheryl L. Cole -- Doping in Sport as Deviant Behavior and its Social Control / Günther Lüschen -- Sport and Emotions / Mary Duquin -- Management, Organizations and Theory in the Governance of Sport / Ian Henry and Eleni Theodoraki -- Emerging Arriving Sport: Alternatives to Formal Sports / Robert E. Rinehart. [Sport and Society Research around the Globe] Africa / Denver J. Hendricks -- Australia and New Zealand / Chris Collins -- Eastern Europe / Gyöngyi S. Földesi -- France / Jacques DeFrance -- Germany / Klaus Heinemann -- India / Ian McDonald -- Japan / Koichi Kiku -- Korea (and South East Asia) / Burn-Jang Lim -- Latin America / Joseph L. Arbena -- Nordic Countries / Kari Fasting and Mari-Kristin Sisjord -- Portugal / Salomé Marivoet and Claudia Pinheiro -- Spain / Núria Puig.


Electronic reproduction.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications, Inc.,
2009.
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0761949496 9780803975521 9781848608382 (electronic bk.) 9780761949497: £29.00

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