Sociology of Sport

This is the first book to address sport management from a cultural perspective. It offers a comprehensive review of the conceptualisations of culture and its relation with sport management._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of European Sport Management Quarterly...

This book is a history of the development of sport in South Africa which focuses on the role that sport played in some of the chief processes of the country's political, cultural and social transformation in the twentieth century._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Intern..

This book is a history of the development of sport in South Africa which focuses on the role that sport played in some of the chief processes of the country's political, cultural and social transformation in the twentieth century._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Internationa..

Sport celebrates basic human values of freedom, justice and courage. This collection of essays probes beneath those assumptions in order to illuminate how sport is intimately related to power and domination. Topics include the media treatment of sport, drug-taking in sport and the controversial and ..

Sport, Education and Social Policy brings together world-leading scholars to reflect upon the state of the art in the social scientific study of sport. Addressing three core themes in sport studies – equality, education and policy – the book looks back over the development of sport research in recen..

_x000D_ _x000D_ Sport, Exercise and Social Theory is a concise and engaging introduction to the key theories that underpin the study of sport, exercise and society. Using vivid examples and descriptions of sport-related events and exercise practices, the book explains why social theories are importa..

_x000D_ _x000D_ Sport, Exercise and Social Theory is a concise and engaging introduction to the key theories that underpin the study of sport, exercise and society. Using vivid examples and descriptions of sport-related events and exercise practices, the book explains why social theories are importa..

Sport, Fun and Enjoyment explores the pleasurable aspects of sport within the context of everyday recreational and competitive physical activities. By offering a critical exploration of what can be constituted as ‘fun’ in a sporting context, this book reveals the complex ways in which individuals ap..

Sport, Fun and Enjoyment explores the pleasurable aspects of sport within the context of everyday recreational and competitive physical activities. By offering a critical exploration of what can be constituted as ‘fun’ in a sporting context, this book reveals the complex ways in which individuals ap..

As a new breed of lifestyle sport enthusiasts ’derby grrrls’ are pushing the boundaries of gender as they negotiate the nexus of pleasure, pain and power relations. Offering a socio-cultural analysis of the rise and reinvention of roller derby as both a new, globalized women’s sport and an everyday ..

Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure contexts. However, sport and leisure can be sites of resistance as well as oppression; they can be repressive or promote positive social change. This challenging and important book brings together contemporary cases examining different di..

When this book was first published the study of sport had been largely neglected by sociologists. The contributions to this volume bring the sports field, the leisure centre and everyday leisure activities to a more central position within the sociological enterprise. Whether amateur or professional..