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Fully updated and revised, the Second Edition of Barrie Houlihan's ground-breaking Sport and Society provides students and instructors with a one-stop text that is comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, accessible, international, and engaging. This Second Edition contains five brand new chapters covering key contemporary issues: young athletes and human rights, sport and the city, sport and violence, sport and health, and sport and Islam.
Key Features
Approaches the study of sport from a multi-disciplinary perspective; Presents the importance of social structure, power, and inequality in analyzing the nature and significance of sport in society; Addresses the rapid commercialization and regulation of sport; Engages in comparative analysis to understand problems clearly and produce sound solutions; Expands their knowledge through chapter summaries, guides to further reading, and extensive bibliographies
A superb teaching text, this new edition will be relished by instructors seeking an authoritative introduction to sport and society and students who want a relevant, enriching text for their learning and research needs.
Physical Education and School Sport
Physical Education and School Sport
Overview
- The Development of Physical Education as a School Subject
- Responses to the Marginal Status of Physical Education within Education
- The Relationship Between Physical Education and Sport
- Attempts to bridge the gap between physical education and sport
- Gender Inequalities and Physical Education
- A Critical Review of the Benefits of Physical Education
Introduction
Most readers of this book have at least one life experience in common: taking part in some form of physical education at school. For many of you, physical education was the first place you encountered a variety of organised sports and you might even be able to trace your current interest in sport to a dedicated physical education teacher. Some of you, on the other hand, might argue that ...
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