Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies - Softcover

Coakley, Jay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071106391 ISBN 13: 9780071106399

Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2006

Synopsis

"Sport in Society" is the definitive text for the sport sociology course. Taking a global, issues-oriented approach to study the role of sport in society, this text encourages the discussion of current sports-related controversies and helps students develop critical thinking skills.

About this title

About the Author:

Jay Coakley is Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He received his Ph.D and M.A. from the University of Notre Dame in Sociology and received his B.A. from Regis College. He is published in a wide range of journals and has edited several books including the forthcoming Handbook of Sport and Society with Eric Dunning for Sage Publications, and presented numerous papers around the wordl. He has seved on the editorial board for the Sociology of Sport Journal where he was editor for many years. He is currently on the editorial board of the International Review for the Sociology of Sport.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0071106391
• ISBN 13: 9780071106399
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 600