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Sport and society in the global age / by Timothy Marjoribanks and Karen Farquharson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Description: xv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0230584683
  • 9780230584686
  • 0230584691
  • 9780230584693
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.483 23
LOC classification:
  • GV706.5 .M36 2012
Contents:
Introduction: sport and society in the global age -- 1: Understanding sport and society -- Theorizing sport and society -- Researching sport and society -- 2: Sport and societal processes -- Sport, race and racism -- Sport, gender and sexuality -- Sport, national identity and nation-building -- Sporting bodies -- 3: Regulating sport -- Governing sport: the club, league and global -- The politics of sport regulation -- Sport and social justice -- 4: The global cultures of sport -- The global athlete -- The transformation of fandom -- The media and consumption of sport -- 5: Conclusion -- Conclusion: sport, society and sociology.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 306.483 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A507190B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: sport and society in the global age -- 1: Understanding sport and society -- Theorizing sport and society -- Researching sport and society -- 2: Sport and societal processes -- Sport, race and racism -- Sport, gender and sexuality -- Sport, national identity and nation-building -- Sporting bodies -- 3: Regulating sport -- Governing sport: the club, league and global -- The politics of sport regulation -- Sport and social justice -- 4: The global cultures of sport -- The global athlete -- The transformation of fandom -- The media and consumption of sport -- 5: Conclusion -- Conclusion: sport, society and sociology.

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