Woods, Ron, 1943 November 6-

Social issues in sport / Ronald B. Woods. - Third edition. - xiv, 521 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Coaching 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 -- Violence and rule breaking in sport -- Deviance and sport -- Future trends in sport.

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Sports--Social aspects.
Sports--Sociological aspects.

GV706.5 / .W655 2016

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