Social Issues in Sport-2nd Edition
Author: Ron Woods
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 1450412300
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ron Woods
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 1450412300
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ron Woods
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 1492593850
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Social Issues in Sport, Fourth Edition, explores common questions and issues about sport and its relation to society through various sociological and cultural lenses. The text is grounded in practical application and provides social theories through which students may examine real-world issues
Author: Howard L. Nixon
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-12-03
Total Pages: 742
ISBN-13: 1317251547
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In a stressful, turbulent world, sports can be an escape from reality. Yet sport actually mirrors the issues and problems of our world today, bearing the imprint of powerful forces of social change. This book offers a sociological perspective for seeing and understanding the place of sport in society and how it is affected by big business and by demographic, cultural, organizational, economic, political, and technological change. Nixon's main focus is "big-time" commercialized and corporate sport, from Little League Baseball, Inc. to youth club sports, high school and college athletics, and professional and Olympic sports. He writes vividly of the making and unmaking of heroes and celebrities. Throughout he shows how the combined influence of networks of major sports organizations, media corporations, and corporate sponsors is shaping sport around the world.
Author: Morgan, William J.
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 1492556769
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ethics in Sport, Third Edition, offers 32 essays by well-known authors. These essays explore the roots of the ethical and moral dilemmas so prevalent in sport culture today. Nearly half the essays are new to this edition.
Author: Ron Woods
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780736089821
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Part 1: Studying sport in society - Part 2: Scope and effect of sport on society - Part 3: Sport as an institution - Part 4: Sport and culture.
Author: Eric W. MacIntosh
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Published: 2019-03-05
Total Pages: 457
ISBN-13: 1492556785
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →International Sport Management, Second Edition, serves as an invaluable guide for students as they build careers that require an understanding of the relationships, influences, and responsibilities of sport management in a global context.
Author: Peter Donnelly
Publisher: Thompson Educational Publishing
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781550772067
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael Frank Collins
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780415259590
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Structured around key excluded groups, such as the elderly, ethnic minorities, the disabled and rural communities, this book offers an assessment of sports policy in contemporary Britain.
Author: Laura J. Burton
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2019-01-10
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 1284149587
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Second Edition of Sport Leadership in the 21st Century provides students with the most current and comprehensive understanding of leadership in sport management. Authored and contributed by leading sport management researchers and practitioners, this text immerses students in the learning process through case studies, interviews with leaders in the sport industry, critical thinking questions, and rich content.
Author: Kevin Young
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-28
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1317568990
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this fully updated and revised new edition of his landmark study of violence in and around contemporary sport, Kevin Young offers a comprehensive sociological analysis of an issue of central importance within sport studies. The book explores organised and spontaneous violence, both on the field and off, and calls for a much broader definition of ‘sports-related violence’, to include issues as diverse as criminal behaviour by players, abuse within sport and exploitative labour practices. Offering a sophisticated theoretical framework for understanding violence in a sporting context and including new case studies and updated empirical data – from professional soccer in Europe to ice hockey in North America – the book establishes a benchmark for the study of violence within sport and wider society. Through close examination of often contradictory trends, from anti-violence initiatives in professional sports leagues to the role of the media in encouraging hyper-aggression, the book throws new light on our understanding of the socially-embedded character of sport and its fundamental ties to history, culture, politics, social class, gender and the law. This new edition also recognises burgeoning new literatures, such as research examining concussion and the link between sport and mental illness and includes student-friendly pedagogical aids, such as critical thinking questions at the end of each chapter. Sport, Violence and Society is a vital read for anyone studying or working in the areas of the Sociology of Sport, Sport Psychology, Ethics and Philosophy of Sport, Sport and Politics, Sports History, and Sport and the Media.