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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Studying Sport in Society | |
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| What Is Sport and Why Do We Study It? | |
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| Sport Through the Ages | |
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| Definition of Sport | |
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| Study of Sport | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| How Do We Study Sport? | |
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| Research Methods | |
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| Social Theories | |
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| Current Status of Sport Sociology | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Scope and Effect of Sport on Society | |
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| Participants Versus Spectators | |
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| Sport Participants | |
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| Factors Affecting Sport Participation | |
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| Trends in Sport Participation | |
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| Sport Spectators | |
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| Trends in Spectator Sports | |
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| Marketing to Participants and Spectators | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Business of Sport | |
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| Sport and the Economy | |
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| Ownership of Professional Sports | |
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| Sport As a Monopoly | |
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| Collegiate Sports As Moneymakers | |
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| Recreational Sport As a Business | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Media and Sport | |
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| Evolution of Sport Media | |
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| Interplay of Sport and Media | |
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| How Sport Affects the Media | |
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| Ideology of Sport Through the Media | |
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| Careers in Sport Media | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Sport As an Institution | |
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| Youth Sport | |
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| History of Youth Sport | |
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| Sponsors of Youth Sport | |
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| Current Status of Youth Sport | |
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| Organized Youth Sport | |
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| Why Kids Play Sport | |
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| Burnout in Youth Sport | |
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| Reforms for Youth Sport | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Interscholastic and Intercollegiate Sport | |
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| Interscholastic Sport | |
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| Collegiate Sport | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| International Sport | |
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| Globalization of Modern Sport | |
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| American Influence on World Sport | |
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| Olympic Games | |
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| Effect of Media on the Globalization of Sport | |
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| Nationalism Versus Economics | |
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| Athletes and Coaches As Migrant Workers | |
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| Using Sports for Better World Understanding | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Olympic Movement | |
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| History of the Olympics | |
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| Effect of the Olympic Games | |
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| Nationalism and the Olympic Movement | |
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| United States Olympic Committee | |
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| Athlete Development | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Sport and Culture | |
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| Sporting Behavior | |
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| Sporting Behavior at Different Levels of Sport | |
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| Youth Attitudes | |
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| Development of Moral Values | |
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| Moral Values Applied to Sport | |
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| Moral Values Taught Through Sport | |
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| Strategies for Good Sporting Behavior | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Race, Ethnicity, and Sport | |
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| Classifications of Race and Ethnicity | |
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| Sport Participation Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities | |
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| Sport and Promoting Equality | |
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| Minorities As Sport Leaders | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Women and Sport | |
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| Historical Role of Women | |
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| Women and Sport Before Title IX | |
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| Title IX | |
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| Women and Sport After Title IX | |
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| Social Issues in Women's Sport | |
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| Global Status of Women in Sport | |
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| Barriers for Women in Sport | |
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| Golden Age of Sports Reborn | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Social Class and Sport | |
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| Social Classes | |
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| Social Class and Sport Activity | |
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| Control of Amateur and Professional Sport | |
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| Class Mobility in Sport | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Special Populations and Sport | |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act | |
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| American Association of People with Disabilities | |
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| Sport Participation for Athletes with Physical Disabilities | |
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| Sport Participation for Athletes with Mental Disabilities | |
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| Sport Participation for Older Athletes | |
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| Issues for Special Populations in Sport | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Religion and Sport | |
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| Religion and Sport in History | |
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| Christian Influence on Sport | |
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| Sport and Religions Other than Christianity | |
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| Use of Religion by Athletes | |
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| Use of Religion by Coaches, Organizations, and Owners | |
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| Using Sport to Promote Religion | |
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| Using Sport to Promote Christian Colleges and Secondary Schools | |
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| Conflict Between Sport and Religion | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Politics and Sport | |
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| Government in Physical Activity and Health | |
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| Government in Sport | |
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| Government in Promoting Identity and Unity Among Citizens | |
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| Nationalism and Sport | |
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| Sport in Promoting Social Values | |
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| Politics Within Sport | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Deviance and Sport | |
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| Rule Breaking | |
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| Emotion and Deviant Behavior | |
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| Violence in Sport | |
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| Performance Enhancement Through Drugs | |
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| Eating Disorders in Sport | |
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| Hazing in Sport | |
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| Gambling and Sport | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Coaching Sport | |
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| Influence of Coaches | |
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| Status of Coaching | |
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| Coaching at Different Levels of Sport | |
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| Coaching Personality | |
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| Challenges for the Future of Coaching | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Future Trends in Sport | |
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| Social Trends | |
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| Conflict Between Performance Sport and Participation Sport | |
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| Effects of Social Changes | |
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| Effects of Spectatorship | |
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| Effects of Technology | |
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| Effects of the Electronic Media | |
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| Will Sport Change? | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |