Sport, culture and society an introduction
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 an...
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| Format: | eBook |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge
2012.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009703313506719 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Sport, Cultureand Society; Copyright; Contents; List of Sport in Focus boxes; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I : The broader context; 1. Sport, theory and the problem of values; 2. Sport, history and social change; 3. Sport, economics and global finance; 4. Sport, politics and culture; Part II : Sport, globalisation and other communities; 5. Global sport and globalisation; 6. Internationalism, reconciliation and sport in the making of nations; 7. Sport, community and others; 8. Sport, law and governance; 9. Sport, media and television
- 10. Sport, social capital and educationPart III :Sport and contemporary social issues; 11. Sport and the environment; 12. Sport, body and health; 13. Sport, violence and crime; 14. Sport, religion and spirituality; 15. Sport, the Olympics and major sporting events; 16. Sport, lifestyles and alternative cultures; Part IV :Sport as a resource of hope; 17. Sport, social inequality and social movement; 18. Sport, poverty and international development; 19. Sport and social change; 20. Sport, the public intellectual and universities; Conclusion: Theses on sport, culture and society; Bibliography
- Index
