TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Earl
TI  - Sociology of sport and social theory
SN  - 0736075720
AV  - GV706.5 .S6455 2010
U1  - 306.483 22
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Champaign, IL
PB  - Human Kinetics
KW  - Sports
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I; Great Theorists --; 1; Toward a Sport Ethic: Science, Politics, and Weber's Sociology; Robert Beamish --; Four Pure Types of Action --; Science and Ethics: The Limits of Goal-Rational Action --; The Politics of Ethical Conduct in Sport --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Sources --; 2; Civilizing Sports: Figurational Sociology and the Sociology of Sport; Eric Dunning --; The Figurational Sociology of Sport and Its Critics --; Criticizing and Testing Elias --; The 'Civilizing' of Modern Sports --; Soccer Hooliganism as an English and World Problem --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; 3; Beyond the Sociological Imagination: Doing Autoethnography to Explore Intersections of Biography and History; Nancy Spencer --; Sociological Imagination --; Applying the Sociological Imagination to Research --; Applying Critical Sociological Imagination to My Studies --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; Part II; Research Guided by Mid-Level Sociological Theories --; 4; The Sociology of Science: Sport, Training, and the Use of Performance-Enhancing Substances; Ian Ritchie --; Theories in the Sociology of Science --; Sport and the Science of Training: The Conservation of Energy and Beyond --; Understanding the Use of Performance-Enhancing Substances --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; 5; Political Economy: Sport and Urban Development; Kimberly S. Schimmel --; Urban Political Economy and Urban Regime Theory --; Sport Development and Urban Development in Historical Perspective --; Sport, Urban Regime, and Urban Development in Indianapolis --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; 6; Institutional Logics Theory: Examining Big-Time College Sport; Richard M. Southall and Mark S. Nagel --; Theory of Institutional Logics --; Case Study: 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament Broadcasts --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; 7; Playing for Whom? Sport, Religion, and the Double-Movement of Secularization in America; David Yamane, Charles E. Mellies and Teresa Blake --; The Double Movement of Secularization --; Societal-Level Secularization: The Differentiation of Sport from Religion --; Sport as Civil Religion? --; Organizational Innovation Connecting Religion and Sport --; Religion and Spirituality at the Individual Level --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; Part III; Theories of Inequality --; 8; Feminist Theory and the Study of Sport: An Illustration from Title IX; Angela J. Hattery --; The First Wave --; Modern Feminist Theory:The Second Wave --; Postmodern Feminism: The Third Wave --; Title IX and Gender Equity in Intercollegiate Sport --; Discussion --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; 9; Social and Cultural Capital: Race, School Attachment, and the Role of High School Sports; Rhonda F. Levine --; Theoretical Frameworks --; Sport Participation, Academic Achievement and School Attachment --; Role of Coaches --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research Additional Resources --; 10; Race, Class, and Gender Theory: Violence Against Women in the Institution of Sport; Earl Smith and Benny Cooper --; The Issue --; Methods and Data --; Discussion --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; 11; Masculinities and the Sociology of Sport: Issues and Ironies in the 21st Century; Bryan E. Denham --; Hegemonic Masculinity --; Constructions of Masculinity in Professional Football --; Constructions of Masculinity in Hardcore Bodybuilding --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; 12; Getting Girls in the Game: Negotiations of Structure and Agency in a Girls' Recreational Sport Program; Cheryl Cooky --; Overview of Theories of Structuration --; Culture --; Girls in the Game --; Cultural Analysis: Discursive Constructions of Sport and the "At-Risk" Girls --; Helping Girls 'At-Risk': The Structure of 'Girls in the Game' --; Negotiating Agency and Constraint in Everyday Social Interactions: The Role of Culture in School-Sanctioned Verus Hip-Hop Femininities --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; Part IV; Microlevel Theories --; 13; The Mundanity of Excellence: Tiger Woods and Excellence in Golf; Earl Smith --; Tiger the Golfer --; Theory of Dominance in Sport --; Discussion --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; 14; Making it Big: Visible Symbols of Success, Physical Appearance, and Sport Figures; Bonnie Berry --; The Null Hypothesis and Methodology --; Observations of Sport, Fitness, and 'Health' Magazine Images --; Interpretations: Some Features on Whichto Focus --; Symbolic Interaction, Dramaturgy, and Image-Making --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; 15; Sport and Multiple Identities in Postwar Trinidad: The Case of McDonald Bailey; Roy D. McCree --; Theoretical Considerations --; Methodology --; Athletic Representation and Multiple Identities: Trinidadian or British --; Conclusion --; Suggested Research --; Additional Resources --; Epilogue
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