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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.
From Violence in Sport to Sports-Related Violence
From Violence in Sport to Sports-Related Violence
Overview
- Introduction: Expanding What We Mean By ‘Violence in Sport’
- Definition of ‘Sports-Related Violence’ (SRV)
- Formations of SRV
- Thinking sociologically about SRV
- Conclusion
Introduction
The research on violence in sport is impressive in volume, but sociologists have usually limited their enquiries to two principal dimensions of the subject matter – violence among fans, or crowd violence, and violence among athletes, or player violence (e.g. Leonard, 1998; McPherson et al., 1989; Smith, 1983; Snyder and Spreitzer, 1989; Wann et al., 2001). However, if the customary parameters of ‘sports violence’ are broadened to include aggressive, threatening, harmful or otherwise unjust practices enacted within the context of sport, it becomes evident that the subject matter may be far more expansive and varied ...
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