Key Concepts in Sports Studies
1st Edition
Published on 14. September 2009
264 pages
978-1-4462-0225-8 (ISBN)
Description
Written by experienced academics used to teaching the subject this book will help students and researchers find their way within the diverse field of sport studies. Clear, well researched entries explain the key concepts in the debates surrounding the social significance and social dynamics of sport. Each entry provides:
* Clear Definitions
* Relevant Examples
* Up-to-date Suggestions for Further Reading
* Informative Cross-Referencing
Valuable in its parts and indispensable as a whole this book will provide a stimulating, practical guide to the relationship between sport and society.
Stephen Wagg is Professor of Sport and Society at Leeds Metropolitan University.
Carlton Brick lectures in the School of Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland in Paisley.
Belinda Wheaton is a Senior Research Fellow in the Chelsea School, University of Brighton.
Jayne Caudwell is a Senior Lecturer in the Chelsea School, University of Brighton.
* Clear Definitions
* Relevant Examples
* Up-to-date Suggestions for Further Reading
* Informative Cross-Referencing
Valuable in its parts and indispensable as a whole this book will provide a stimulating, practical guide to the relationship between sport and society.
Stephen Wagg is Professor of Sport and Society at Leeds Metropolitan University.
Carlton Brick lectures in the School of Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland in Paisley.
Belinda Wheaton is a Senior Research Fellow in the Chelsea School, University of Brighton.
Jayne Caudwell is a Senior Lecturer in the Chelsea School, University of Brighton.
Reviews / Votes
The book takes the reader on a journey of discovery though issues such as amateurism, commodification, consumption, culture, globalisation and the 'Olympism' philosophy of life, as well as the politics, policy, power and social dynamics that underpin the sporting world. With an excellent choice of examples to illustrate the concepts, backed up by informed writing, this book will make an invaluable resource and reference for students of sport studies. But it will be an equal good read for everyone who has an interest in sports-related issues, competition, health, fitness and wellbeing. -- Garry McGurk
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-4462-0225-8 (9781446202258)
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Persons
Content
Alienation
Amateurism
Capitalism
Commodification
Consumption
Culture
Discourse & Post-Structuralism
Doping, Drugs
Ethics
Ethnography
Extreme
Fandom
Feminism
Gender
Globalisation
Habitus
Hegemony
History
Identity & Difference
Ideology
Imperialism
Marxism
Methods
Olympism
Politics, Policy & Power
Postmodernism / Postmodernity
Race & Ethnicity
Rationalism
Semiotics
Sexuality
Social Class
State, Nation & Nationalism
The Body
The Civilizing Process
The Environment
The Sociological Imagination
Amateurism
Capitalism
Commodification
Consumption
Culture
Discourse & Post-Structuralism
Doping, Drugs
Ethics
Ethnography
Extreme
Fandom
Feminism
Gender
Globalisation
Habitus
Hegemony
History
Identity & Difference
Ideology
Imperialism
Marxism
Methods
Olympism
Politics, Policy & Power
Postmodernism / Postmodernity
Race & Ethnicity
Rationalism
Semiotics
Sexuality
Social Class
State, Nation & Nationalism
The Body
The Civilizing Process
The Environment
The Sociological Imagination
