Sport Theory And Social Problems

Author : Eric Anderson,Adam White
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135157128

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Sport, Theory and Social Problems by Eric Anderson,Adam White Pdf

What impact does sport have on the lives of ordinary people? How does sport help to perpetuate inequalities in society? What can social theory tell us about the role of sport in society?? At their origin competitive sports were institutionalized in Western cultures for the privilege of white, heterosexual men. Over time sport has become more open to categories of people traditionally marginalized in society: women; those from lower social classes; gay men; people of colour; and those differently abled. However, focusing solely on increased social inclusion in sport masks significant problems with both the culture and structure of sport. This critical textbook examines social exclusion in sport and analyzes the socio-negative attributes associated with competitive, institutionalized sport, for all who play. Focusing on sport at non-elite levels, this book explores the lives of everyday citizens who play and examines how inequality and social deviance are structured into the social and sporting system. Each chapter uses a key social theory to address a particular social problem in sport, such as learned obedience to authority; the acceptance of pain and injury; the adoption of hyper-masculine, homophobic and sexist attitudes; the teaching of in-group/out-group; and the use of sport as a false mechanism for social mobility. By concentrating on real sport, and through the use of startling vignettes illustrating the experiences of real people, this textbook develops the critical senses, social conscience and theoretical understanding of all students of sport and anybody for whom sport is part of their everyday life.

Author : Daniel M. Landers
Publisher : Urbana : University of Illinois Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015038888577

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Social Problems in Athletics by Daniel M. Landers Pdf

Author : Ron Woods,B. Nalani Butler
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Sports
ISBN : 9781492593850

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Social Issues in Sport by Ron Woods,B. Nalani Butler Pdf

Social Issues in Sport, Fourth Edition, explores common questions and issues about sport and its relation to society through various sociological and cultural lenses. The text is grounded in practical application and provides social theories through which students may examine real-world issues

Author : Gashaw Abeza,Norman O'reilly,Jimmy Sanderson,Evan Frederick
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811237676

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Social Media In Sport: Theory And Practice by Gashaw Abeza,Norman O'reilly,Jimmy Sanderson,Evan Frederick Pdf

This book enables students to grasp the holistic enterprise of social media as it pertains to social, legal, marketing, and management issues. The book also helps students better understand the research process in social media scholarship and make connections with academic research and applied practice in sport studies.

Author : Bram Constandt,Argyro Elisavet Manoli
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000635881

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Understanding Match-Fixing in Sport by Bram Constandt,Argyro Elisavet Manoli Pdf

Bringing together leading match-fixing researchers from different fields, this book offers new theoretical and applied perspectives on this persistent problem in sport and wider society. The book explores the foundations of match-fixing from multiple viewpoints, from sociology and criminology to policy and governance, exploring topics such as the use of network governance theory, ethics and integrity, and management aspects that position match-fixing in sport’s commercial landscape. Featuring cases and data from all around the world, the book explains how match-fixing has become a prominent feature of contemporary sport, and considers the efficacy and practicability of interventions to solve these problems. This is fascinating and important reading for any advanced student, researcher, practitioner, or policymaker with an interest in sport management, sports business, sport policy, sport development, sport law, or criminology.

Author : M. Sleap
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998-07-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230375734

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Social Issues in Sport by M. Sleap Pdf

Social Issues in Sport introduces students to a sociological study of sport and is the first book to draw mainly from British sources for its material. It aims to describe the nature and extent of sporting issues prevalent in society, to analyse research studies in sport and offer explanations for sporting behaviour. Topics covered include: participation patterns in sport, health, women, social class, race, drug abuse, football hooliganism and commercialism.

Author : Earl Smith
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780736075725

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Sociology of Sport and Social Theory by Earl Smith Pdf

Sociology of Sport and Social Theory presents current research perspectives from major sport scholars and leading sociologists regarding issues germane to the sociology of sport while addressing traditional and contemporary sociological theories.

Author : Richard Giulianotti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134116621

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Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport by Richard Giulianotti Pdf

The sociology of sport is a core discipline within the academic study of sport. It helps us to understand what sport is and why it matters. Sociological knowledge, implicit or explicit, therefore underpins scholarly enquiry into sport in every aspect. The Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport is a landmark publication that brings together the most important themes, theories and issues within the sociology of sport, tracing the contours of the discipline and surveying the state-of-the-art. Part One explores the main theories and analytical approaches that define contemporary sport sociology and introduces the most important methodological issues confronting researchers working in the social scientific study of sport. Part Two examines the connections and divisions between sociology and cognate disciplines within sport studies, including history, anthropology, economics, leisure and tourism studies, philosophy, politics and psychology. Part Three investigates how the most important social divisions within sport, and in wider society, are addressed in sport sociology, including ‘race‘, gender, class, sexuality and disability. Part Four explores a wide range of pressing contemporary issues associated with sport, including sport and the body, social problems associated with sport, sport places and settings, and the global aspects of sport. Written by a team of leading international sport scholars, including many of the most well-known, respected and innovative thinkers working in the discipline, the Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport is an essential reference for any student, researcher or professional with an interest in sport.

Author : Richard Giulianotti
Publisher : Springer
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780230523180

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Sport and Modern Social Theorists by Richard Giulianotti Pdf

Sport and Modern Social Theorists is an innovative and exciting new collection. The chapters are written by leading social analysts of sport from across the world, and examine the contributions of major social theorists towards our critical understanding of modern sport. Social theorists under critical examination include Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Adorno, Gramsci, Habermas, Merton, C.Wright Mills, Goffman, Giddens, Elias, Bourdieu and Foucault. This book will appeal to students and scholars of sport studies, cultural studies, modern social theory, and to social scientists generally.

Author : Gyozo Molnar,John Kelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136476396

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Sport, Exercise and Social Theory by Gyozo Molnar,John Kelly Pdf

Why are sport and exercise important? What can the study of sport and exercise tell us about wider society? Who holds the power in creating contemporary sport and exercise discourses? It is impossible to properly understand the role that sport and exercise play in contemporary society without knowing a little social theory. It is social theory that provides the vocabulary for our study of society, that helps us ask the right critical questions and that encourages us to look for the (real) story behind sport and exercise. Sport, Exercise and Social Theory is a concise and engaging introduction to the key theories that underpin the study of sport, exercise and society, including feminism, post-modernism, (Neo-)Marxism and the sociological imagination. Using vivid examples and descriptions of sport-related events and exercise practices, the book explains why social theories are important as well as how to use them, giving students the tools to navigate with confidence through any course in the sociology of sport and exercise. This book shows how theory can be used to debunk many of our traditional assumptions about sport and exercise and how they can be a useful window through which to observe wider society. Designed to be used by students who have never studied sociology before, and including a whole chapter on the practical application of social theory to their own study, it provides training in critical thinking and helps students to develop intellectual skills which will serve them throughout their professional and personal lives.

Author : Sine Agergaard,David Karen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000955231

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Social Issues in Sport, Leisure, and Health by Sine Agergaard,David Karen Pdf

This book examines how social issues shape and influence our engagement with sport, leisure time physical activity, and health-promoting exercise. Connecting the personal with the public, it helps the reader understand how individual exercise, leisure, and sport participation are both facilitated and constrained by their social contexts. Presenting a series of in-depth descriptions of grassroots sport, urban lifestyle sport, physical activity across the life course, sport for children with special needs, and the development of creative climates in sport, this book seeks to encourage what C. Wright Mills described as the “sociological imagination”. Every chapter begins with an individual-level account centred on everyday challenges with accessing sport, partaking in leisure activities, and meeting guidelines for daily exercise before exploring the larger, socially determined patterns in which those experiences are located, establishing a vital template for the social scientific study of sport, leisure, and health. Touching on key contemporary themes including diversity, inclusion, health inequalities, and physical inactivity, as well as selection and intensification in sports, this book offers new case material and theoretical tools for understanding the relationships between sport, leisure, health, and the wider society. This is an indispensable companion for any course on the sociology of sport, exercise, leisure, or physical activity and health.

Author : Frank Kew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781136364419

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Sport: Social Problems and Issues by Frank Kew Pdf

Sport: Social Problems and Issues provides a detailed analysis and critique of contemporary social problems and issues for the coach, organizer, teacher or student of sport. Drawing upon perspectives from social science, it examines change and development of modern sport, both nationally and internationally, enabling students and practitioners to address those problems and issues which threaten the integrity of sport. Frank Kew is the course tutor for the B.A. in Leisure, Recreation and Community at Bradford and Ilkley College and has been an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds.

Author : Michael Atkinson,Kevin Young
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0736060421

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Deviance and Social Control in Sport by Michael Atkinson,Kevin Young Pdf

"The world of sport offers a deep - and often-overlooked - source for the study of deviance and its development. Deviance and Social Control in Sport challenges preconceived understandings regarding the relationship of deviance and sport and offers a conceptual framework for future work in a variety of sociological subfields." "Drawing on their research in criminology and deviance in the discipline of sociology, Michael Atkinson and Kevin Young provide a textured understanding of sport-related deviance through the application of various approaches to deviance in a sport context. Using extended case studies, the authors examine the subject of deviance through examples that are popular, understudied, or emerging." "The text explains how forms of wanted and unwanted rule violation are produced by and mediated through social contexts in and around sport. By considering networks of social relationships and how they produce, define, and police rule violation and rule violators, Deviance and Social Control in Sport offers a nuanced and integrated explanation of sport deviance that accounts for the behaviors and practices of both individuals and teams."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : John W. Loy,Barry D. McPherson,Gerald S. Kenyon
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015035304503

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Sport and Social Systems by John W. Loy,Barry D. McPherson,Gerald S. Kenyon Pdf

Author : Walter S. DeKeseredy,Stu Cowan,Martin D. Schwartz
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781487550844

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Skating on Thin Ice by Walter S. DeKeseredy,Stu Cowan,Martin D. Schwartz Pdf

Skating on Thin Ice exposes the culture of toxic masculinity in professional hockey and suggests how sport and society can change the narrative on sexual assault and violence. Why is it that professional sports, and notably hockey, remain a bastion for rape culture and violence against women? What are the conditions that allow a culture of toxic masculinity to persist despite awakenings elsewhere in society? What is the path forward, and how do we make officials, coaches, and athletes accountable? Drawing on decades of award-winning sociological research and sports journalism, Walter S. DeKeseredy, Martin D. Schwartz, and veteran sportswriter Stu Cowan find answers to these questions in Skating on Thin Ice. The book examines the abusive, misogynistic, racist, and homophobic behaviors found in professional hockey and explains the larger societal forces that perpetuate and legitimate these harms. Confirming a recent federal government inquiry into Hockey Canada’s handling of sexual assault allegations, the book reveals that young men enter the NHL and other revenue-generating hockey leagues already trained and primed to treat women as objects – and often to commit violent acts against them. Rooted in the authors’ work in the sports world as well as their work with activists and governments, Skating on Thin Ice doesn’t just highlight the problem of hockey and rape culture, it also provides collaborative solutions for fixing it.