Sport and Society A Student Introduction

Name: Sport and Society A Student Introduction
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ISBN: 9780761970347

ISBN-10: 0761970347

ISBN-13: 9780761970347

Edition: 2003

Authors: Barrie Houlihan

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Organized around four themes key to the study of sport (perspectives, inclusion, commercialization and the international context), this text provides a student introductino to the field.

Book details

List price: $74.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 4/21/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.53" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Barrie Houlihan is Professor in the Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy, Loughborough University.



Introduction




Perspectives On Sport


Sport and Social Theory



Politics, Power, Policy and Sport



History and Sport




Structuring Opportunities In Sport


Social Exclusion from Sport and Leisure



Sport and Gender



Sport and Disability



The Politics of 'Race' and Sport Policy



Sport, Physical Education and Schools




The Impact Of Commercialisation


The Business of Sport



Sport and the Media



Analyzing Sport Organizations



Theory and Practice


Doping and Sport



More Problems Than Solutions?


The Sports-Tourism Interrelationship



The Economics of the Olympic Games



Winners and Losers


Sport and Recreation and the Environment




International Comparison And Context


Sport in the United States and Canada



Sport in Australia



Sport, the Role of the European Union and the Decline of the Nation State?



Sport and Globalization