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Sport Culture and Society

It is impossible to fully understand contemporary society and culture without acknowledging the place of sport. Sport is part of our social and cultural fabric, possessing a social and commercial power that makes it a potent force in the world, for good and for bad. Sport has helped to start wars and promote international reconciliation, while every government around the world commits public resources to sport because of its perceived benefits. From the bleachers to the boardroom, sport matters. Now available in a fully revised and updated new edition, this exciting, comprehensive and accessib.

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  • "This exciting new undergraduate textbook introduces the reader to the broad and complex relationship between sport, culture and society, and critically examines the key assumptions that we hold with regard to the nature of sport."
  • "It is impossible to fully understand contemporary society and culture without acknowledging the place of sport. Sport is part of our social and cultural fabric, possessing a social and commercial power that makes it a potent force in the world, for good and for bad. Sport has helped to start wars and promote international reconciliation, while every government around the world commits public resources to sport because of its perceived benefits. From the bleachers to the boardroom, sport matters. Now available in a fully revised and updated new edition, this exciting, comprehensive and accessib."@en
  • "Introducing the broad and complex relationship between sport and society, this exciting new textbook critically examines assumptions about the nature of sport. With the broadest and most rigorous approach of any textbook in this area, it draws on a commanding range of international sources and research material to provide an essential resource for those seeking to understand sport as a social phenomenon. In addition to presenting important new studies of leading-edge topics it offers comprehensive analysis of core issues, including: sport and social change, and the historical development of sport; sport and economics, politics, the environment and the media; gender, race and class; and sport, violence and social control. This resource offers a full range of features to help guide students and lecturers including essay topics, seminar questions, key definitions, extracts from primary sources, extensive case studies, further reading."
  • ""It is impossible to fully understand contemporary society and culture without acknowledging the place of sport. Sport is part of our social and cultural fabric, possessing a social and commercial power that makes it a potent force in the world, for good and for bad. Sport has helped to start wars and promote international reconciliation, while every government around the world commits public resources to sport because of its perceived benefits. From the bleachers to the boardroom, sport matters."
  • "Each chapter includes a wealth of useful features to assist the student, including chapter summaries, highlighted definitions of key terms, practical projects, revision questions, boxed case-studies and biographies, and guides to further reading, with additional teaching and learning resources available on a companion website. Sport, Culture and Society is the most broad-ranging and thoughtful introduction to the socio-cultural analysis of sport currently available and sets a new agenda for the discipline. It is essential reading for all students with an interest in sport."--Pub. desc."
  • "Now available in a fully revised and updated new edition, this exciting, comprehensive and accessible textbook introduces the study of sport, culture and society. International in scope, the book explores the key social theories that shape our understanding of sport as a social phenomenon and critically examines many of the assumptions that underpin that understanding. Placing sport at the very heart of the analysis, and including vibrant sporting examples throughout, the book introduces the student to every core topic and emerging area in the study of sport and society, including: the history and politics of sport; sport and globalization; sport and the media; sport, violence and crime; sport, the body and health; sport and the environment; alternative sports and lifestyles; sporting mega-events and sport and development."
  • "Explores the key themes covered in undergraduate sport studies and introduces students to critical thinking about the complex and symbiotic relationship between sport and its wider social context."@en

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Ressources Internet"
  • "Casestudies (vorm)"

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  • "Sport, culture and society"
  • "Sport Culture and Society"@en
  • "Sport Culture and Society"
  • "Sport, culture and society : An introduction"
  • "Sport, culture and society an introduction"@en
  • "Sport, culture and society an introduction"
  • "Sport, culture and society [electronic resource]"@en
  • "Sport, Culture and Society : an introduction"
  • "Sport, Culture and Society an Introduction"@en
  • "Sport, culture and society : an introduction"

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