Power Games: A Critical Sociology of Sport - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041525101X ISBN 13: 9780415251013

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Critical and radical perspectives have been central to the emergence of the sociology of sport as a discipline in its own right. This ground-breaking new book is the first to offer a comprehensive theory and method for a critical sociology of sport. It argues that class, political economy, hegemony and other concepts central to the radical tradition are essential for framing, understanding and changing social and political relations within sport and between sport and society.
The book draws upon the disciplines of politics, sociology, history and philosophy to provide a critical analysis of power relations throughout the world of sport, while offering important new case studies from such diverse sporting contexts as the Olympics, world football, boxing, cricket, tennis and windsurfing. In the process, it addresses key topics such as:
* nations and nationalism
* globalisation
* race
* gender
* political economy.
Power Games can be used as a complete introduction to the study of sport and society. And will be essential reading for any serious student of sport. At the same time, it is a provocative book that by argument and example challenges those who research and write about sport to make their work relevant to social and political reform.

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About the Author

John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041525101X
• ISBN 13: 9780415251013
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Sugden John, Tomlinson Alan