What can sport do to produce social change in our world today? It is impossible to fully understand contemporary society and culture without acknowledging the importance of sport. Sport is part of our social and cultural fabric, possessing a commercial power that makes it a pote…
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Sport in Focus boxes -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 The broader context -- 1 Sport, theory and the problem of values -- 2 Sport, history and social c…
This 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.
What can sport do to produce social change in our world today? It is impossible to fully understand contemporary society and culture without acknowledging the importance of sport. Sport is part of our social and cultural fabric, possessing a commercial power that makes it a pote…
This 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.
This much needed book examines all of the major traditions of social thought to clearly show their influence in our understanding of sport and leisure.
