Title:
Social issues in sport
Author:
Woods, Ron, 1943 November 6-
ISBN:
9780736089821
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, ©2011.
Physical Description:
xiv, 409 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Contents:
What is sport and why do we study it? -- How do we study sport? -- Participants versus spectators -- Business of sport -- Media and sport -- Youth sport -- Interscholastic and intercollegiate sport -- International sport -- Olympic movement -- Sporting behavior -- Race, ethnicity, and sport -- Women and sport -- Social class and sport -- Special populations and sport -- Religion and sport -- Politics and sport -- Development through sport -- Deviance and sport -- Coaching sport -- Future trends in sport.
Abstract:
Offers an introduction to the roles of sport and physical activity in society and the perfect tool for examining sport from a critical perspective. This title provides a look at the issues, contradictions and confusion surrounding sport for students in sport management, sport sociology, or other areas of sport studies.