Introduction to the Sociology of Sport

Introduction to the Sociology of Sport
Author: Otmar Weiss
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2021-07-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004464719

Introduction to the Sociology of Sport offers a comprehensive overview of topics, theories, definitions and results of sport sociological research and discussions. A unique approach to the social specificity of sport is outlined.

Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport

Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport
Author: Anderson, Eric
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2022-02-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1800889283

This Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport highlights the relationship between sport and violence, brain injury, social class, sexual minorities, gender, and race. Eric Anderson and Rory Magrath expertly draw on a range of scholarly evidence to outline how these issues intersect with contemporary sports culture

Sociology of Sport and Social Theory

Sociology of Sport and Social Theory
Author: Earl Smith
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2010
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0736075720

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.

Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport

Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport
Author: Andrew Yiannakis
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780736037105

Melnick, PhD, Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport includes: an exploration of topics and themes that have received limited attention in other sociology of sport texts but have been long-standing social concerns; a review of the attitudes toward female athletes and the anti-homosexual phobias present in sport; an in-depth look at the impoverishment of children's games in America; an overview of high school sport participation; a study of the challenges and benefits of the big-time collegiate sport experience; a critique of television's impact on sport and its portrayal of gender and race, and a review of sport and globalization. Unit I provides the reader with a historical background on the development of sociology of sport and addresses several critical issues about the relationship between sociology, physical education, and sociology of sport.

The Sociology of Sports

The Sociology of Sports
Author: Tim Delaney
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1476682372

This third edition takes a fresh approach to the study of sport, presenting key concepts such as socialization, race, ethnicity, gender, economics, religion, politics, deviance, violence, school sports and sportsmanship. While providing a critical examination of athletics, this text also highlights many of sports' positive features. This new edition includes significantly updated statistics, data and information along with updated popular culture references and real-world examples. Newly explored is the impact of several major world events that have left lasting effects on the sports realm, including a global pandemic (SARS-CoV-2, or Covid-19) and social movements like Black Lives Matter and Me Too. Another new topic is the "pay for play" movement, wherein college athletes demanded greater compensation and, at the very least, the right to profit from their own names, images and likenesses.

Sociology of Sport and Physical Education

Sociology of Sport and Physical Education
Author: Anthony Laker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134562977

This text, intended for undergraduates on various education and sport related degree courses, covers the key, current issues in the field of sociology of sport and physical education. The first section of the text covers the importance of sport in culture, its theoretical background, and methodological issues in research. The main body of the text then discusses issues including the sporting body, participation and socialisation into sport, the hidden curriculum, critical pedagogy, and sport and the media. Laker discusses in depth gender, race and ethnicity, class, and equality, and he looks at sport and the media, and the involvement of politics. The chapters are each rounded off with challenging 'reflection' questions, activities and tasks for the reader to fulfill.

Sport Sociology

Sport Sociology
Author: Paul Beedie
Publisher: Learning Matters
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2010-05-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0857255894

"A welcome addition for those who teach sports studies... Used as a primer, this book provides readers with excellent introduction to the key sociological concepts, methods, and theories, and, also offers useful examples and contextualised discussions that beginners to the realm of sociology will no doubt appreciate. Beedie has compiled for students a good companion text that could certainly be used in conjunction with more detailed books, and, to guide students through more complex academic texts. Students have certainly appreciated Beedie's efforts to help them apply sociological rigour to analysing their sporting worlds, identities and experiences." - Geoffery Kohe, Worcester University "This should be highly useful for any sports studies students who are encountering the sociology of sport for the first time, even those who have previously studied sociology." - Alison Cain, Hertfordshire University Sociology is central to the study of sport in higher education. This reader-friendly textbook introduces all of the subject’s core themes, such as power, diversity and mediation, and relates them to major contemporary social issues such as commercialisation and globalisation. Special emphasis is given throughout to examples drawn from the UK and to the significance of the 2012 Olympics. Theoretical explanation is fully supported by case studies, practical and reflective exercises and guidance on further study.

Qualitative Research on Sport and Physical Culture

Qualitative Research on Sport and Physical Culture
Author: Kevin Young
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1780522975

Addresses issues in methodology, contemporary issues in research methods and innovative trends in qualitative research that are addressed through case study examples from areas of research in sport studies. This title includes: historical methods; ethnography; auto-ethnography; embodied methods; interviewing; and, narratives.

Sport and Sociology

Sport and Sociology
Author: Dominic Malcolm
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2012-03-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135157200

Offering a ‘state of the art’ review of the sociology of sport and investigating those areas where sport has come to influence the sociological mainstream, this book examines how sociology has impacted upon the consciousness of sports fans, administrators and even politicians. As the first book to provide a history of the sociology of sport and to clearly locate the contemporary discipline in the wider currents of sociological discourse, Sport and Sociology is important reading for all students and scholars interested in the relationship between sport and society, whether they are working in sport studies or in the sociological mainstream.

Handbook of Sports Studies

Handbook of Sports Studies
Author: Jay Coakley
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2000-08-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1446265056

Now available in paperback, this vital handbook marks the development of sports studies as a major new discipline within the social sciences. Edited by the leading sociologist of sport, Eric Dunning, and Jay Coakley, author of the best selling textbook on sport in the USA, it both reflects and richly endorses this new found status. Key aspects of the Handbook include: an inventory of the principal achievements in the field; a guide to the chief conflicts and difficulties in the theory and research process; a rallying point for researchers who are established or new to the field, which sets the agenda for future developments; a resource book for teachers who wish to establish new curricula and develop courses and programmes in the area of sports studies. With an international and inter-disciplinary team of contributors the Handbook of Sports Studies is comprehensive in scope, relevant in content and far-reaching in its discussion of future prospect.