1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award
Sport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers such topics as the history of sport, the development of ideas of 'fair play', sport and the emotions, the professionalization of sport, race-relations and sport and sport and gender. Unique in its cross-cultural analysis, it uses examples from around the globe, including sports spectator violence in North America, the growth of international soccer and the role...
1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award
1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award
Sport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers such topics as the history of sport, the development of ideas of 'fair play', sport and the emotions, the professionalization of sport, race-relations and sport and sport and gender. Unique in its cross-cultural analysis, it uses examples from around the globe, including sports spectator violence in North America, the growth of international soccer and the role...
1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award
Recent years have seen a rapid growth in the field of sports studies. This collection provides an invaluable resource for this burgeoning field, offering a selection of classic works and more recent, groundbreaking journal articles on the sociology of sport. Key features of this collection are: * Comprehensive and critical coverage of the field * Historical and comparative approaches detail how modern sport has developed * Articles which illustrate the international diversity of the study of the social aspects of sport and sport per se * Cross-disciplinary articles The...
Recent years have seen a rapid growth in the field of sports studies. This collection provides an invaluable resource for this burgeoning field, offer...
Sports Histories draws on figurational sociology to provide a fresh approach to analysing the development of modern sport. The book brings together ten case studies from a wide range of sports, including mainstream sports such as soccer, rugby, baseball, boxing and cricket, to other sports that until now have been largely neglected by sports historians, such as shooting, motor racing, tennis, gymnastics and martial arts. This groundbreaking work highlights key debates in the analysis of modern sport, such as: The relative influence of intra national class conflict and international conflict;...
Sports Histories draws on figurational sociology to provide a fresh approach to analysing the development of modern sport. The book brings together te...
"Sport Histories" draws on figurational sociology to provide a fresh approach to analyzing the development of modern sports. The book brings together ten case studies, examining both mainstream, well-researched sports - such as soccer, rugby, baseball, boxing and cricket - and sports relatively neglected by historians and sociologists - such as shooting, motor racing, tennis, gymnastics and martial arts. The book explores key issues in the study of sport, including: - The relative influence of intra-national and international conflicts - The importance of commercial processes -...
"Sport Histories" draws on figurational sociology to provide a fresh approach to analyzing the development of modern sports. The book brings together ...
First published in 1979, this classic study of the development of rugby from folk game to its modern Union and League forms has become a seminal text in sport history. In a new epilogue the authors provide sociological analysis of the major developments in international ruby that have taken place since 1979, with particular attention to the professionalism that was predicted in the first edition of this text. Sports lovers, rugby fans and students of the history and sociology of sport will find it invaluable. Rugby football is descended from winter 'folk games' which were a deeply...
First published in 1979, this classic study of the development of rugby from folk game to its modern Union and League forms has become a seminal te...
This revised edition of a classic sport studies text exploring the development of rugby from a folk game into its modern forms has been updated with a substantial new foreword and epilogue, to provide analysis of the developments in international
This revised edition of a classic sport studies text exploring the development of rugby from a folk game into its modern forms has been updated with a...
Norbert Elias (1897-1990) is now widely regarded as one of the greatest sociologists of the 20th century. The challenge and profundity of his work are still being assimilated. Some have suggested that in time, he will be regarded as the Copernicus or Darwin of sociology, the man who set the subject on its scientific course.
These four volumes provide a comprehensive and penetrating survey of Elias's life and work. They pinpoint the main fields of research which Elias and his followers have explored: the civilizing process; state-formation; knowledge, religion and science;...
Norbert Elias (1897-1990) is now widely regarded as one of the greatest sociologists of the 20th century. The challenge and profundity of his work are...
Figurational sociology is associated with the writings of Norbert Elias. In his theory of 'the civilizing process' and his work on the activity of sociology, Elias devised an approach to the study of human life which is now recognized as one of the major contributions to twentieth-century social science.
Working in collaboration with Eric Dunning, Elias developed a series of writings on sport and leisure. These have been so influential that in some circles they are identified as the leading approach in the field. However, the figurational approach has also been widely criticized. For...
Figurational sociology is associated with the writings of Norbert Elias. In his theory of 'the civilizing process' and his work on the activity of ...
'It is not only about sport, but the contexts and] cultures that encircle it. The authors ...] review every known theory, topic and problem relevant to the scholarly analysis of sport... a champion without challengers' - Ellis Cashmore, Staffordshire University, and author of Making Sense of Sports
'It is not only about sport, but the contexts and] cultures that encircle it. The authors ...] review every known theory, topic and problem relevant ...
