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The Impact and Evaluation of Major Sporting Events
ISBN: 9780415449243 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection is of particular interest for anyone who intends to enter a bidding process for a major sporting event. It offers the event’s host an introduction to ways to generate economic benefits and will enhance understanding of the economics behind major sporting events. This collection is of particular interest for anyone who intends to enter a bidding process for a major sporting event. It offers the event’s hos... |
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446,88 zł |
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Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport
ISBN: 9780415375405 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport assesses the contemporary relevance of Marxist approaches and offers a unique and diverse examination of modern sports culture and power relations within sport. It is an invaluable resource for students of sport sociology, Marxism, and cultural studies at all levels Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport assesses the contemporary relevance of Marxist approaches and offers a unique and diverse examina... |
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796,26 zł |
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Sport Policy and Development : An Introduction
ISBN: 9780415404068 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Introducing key themes in sport & social policy, this text offers the student a basis for understanding the process of social policy creation, the role of sport in health promotion, social inclusion programmes & education, & the promotion of sporting achievement.
Introducing key themes in sport & social policy, this text offers the student a basis for understanding the process of social policy creation, the rol...
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899,00 zł |
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'Race' and Sport : Critical Race Theory
ISBN: 9780415436557 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offering a genuinely cutting edge review of critical race theory, this book opens the field to a wide readership of students and researchers. Offering a genuinely cutting edge review of critical race theory, this book opens the field to a wide readership of students and researchers.<... |
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770,57 zł |
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'Race' and Sport: Critical Race Theory
ISBN: 9780415436564 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Critical Race Theory provides a framework for exploring racism in society, taking into account the role of institutions and drawing on the experiences of those affected. Applied to the world of sport, this framework can reveal the underlying social mores and institutionalised prejudices that have helped perpetuate those racial stereotypes particular to sport, and those that permeate broader society. In this groundbreaking sociological investigation, Kevin Hylton takes on the controversial subject of racial attitudes in sport and beyond. With sport as his primary focus,... Critical Race Theory provides a framework for exploring racism in society, taking into account the role of institutions and drawing on the experien... |
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256,81 zł |
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Crafting Patriotism for Global Dominance : America at the Olympics
ISBN: 9780415445689 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United States uses the Olympic Games to construct and contest its national image. For more than a century the Olympics have served the U.S. as a site for erecting memorials to American patriotism and developing mythologies of American exceptionalism. The United States uses the Olympic Games to construct and contest its national image. For more than a century the Olympics have served the U.S. as ... |
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693,51 zł |
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Understanding American Sports
ISBN: 9780415443654 / Angielski / Miękka / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of sport seems to be universal, American sports culture remains highly distinctive. Why is this so? How should we understand American sport? What can we learn about America by analyzing its sports culture? Understanding American Sports offers discussion and critical analysis of the everyday sporting and leisure activities of 'ordinary' Americans as well as the 'big three' (football, baseball, basketball), and elite sports heroes.... Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of ... |
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277,36 zł |
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American Sports : An Anthropological Approach
ISBN: 9780415448307 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection illustrates the expansiveness of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of sport. The essays consider sports in their social, economic, cultural and political aspects. This collection illustrates the expansiveness of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of sport. The essays consider sports in their social, e... |
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693,51 zł |
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Sporting Cultures : Hispanic Perspectives on Sport, Text and the Body
ISBN: 9780415457620 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essays that comprise this book mark new territory in the study of sport in the Hispanic world, a key site of cultural experience for the populations of Latin America, the United States and the Iberian Peninsula. The scope of the volume is the exploration of the representation and interaction of sport / text / body in a variety of cultural forms in Latin America, Spain and the chicano population of the USA. As such, it opens a path for further study of an area that is experiencing significant growth in the international academic community. The book consists of 11 chapters by different... The essays that comprise this book mark new territory in the study of sport in the Hispanic world, a key site of cultural experience for the popula... |
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693,51 zł |
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God Save the Fan: How Steroid Hypocrites, Soul-Sucking Suits, and a Worldwide Leader Not Named Bush Have Taken the Fun Out of Sports
ISBN: 9780061351792 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arch and unrepentant, Will Leitch, founding editor of Deadspin.com, is the mouthpiece for all the frustrated fans who just want their games back from big money, bloated egos, and blathering sportscasters. Always a fan first and a sportswriter second, Leitch considers the perfection of fantasy leagues and the meaninglessness of the steroids debate as he exposes Olympic fetishes, parses Shaq's rap attack on Kobe, shares a brew with John Rocker and his surprising girlfriend, and reveals what ESPN and the beer companies really think about you. If you or a fan you love is suffering from a sense... Arch and unrepentant, Will Leitch, founding editor of Deadspin.com, is the mouthpiece for all the frustrated fans who just want their games back fr... |
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61,54 zł |
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The Sport and Society Reader
ISBN: 9780415772488 / Angielski / Twarda / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although everyone loves to watch a fair, evenly matched sports contest, there is no such thing as "pure sport." The Sport and Society Reader is a collection of key scholarly and journalistic articles that demonstrate the ways that the sports we love to watch and the teams we love to root for are embedded in important social structures and processes that undermine sports' "purity." The volume presents articles on:
Although everyone loves to watch a fair, evenly matched sports contest, there is no such thing as "pure sport." The Sport and Society Reader |
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719,20 zł |
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The Sport and Society Reader
ISBN: 9780415772495 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sport has become a highly visible and highly significant component of contemporary society. This innovative anthology represents the perfect foundation text for any class looking to explore the sociology and culture of sport. It contains an unusual and exciting collection of classic essays, less familiar but challenging and provocative writings, and thoughtful editorial commentary that together represent a fascinating exploration of the nature and meaning of contemporary sport in society. The Sport and Society Reader introduces the most important theoretical... Sport has become a highly visible and highly significant component of contemporary society. This innovative anthology represents the perfect founda... |
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190,02 zł |
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Disability and Youth Sport
ISBN: 9780415470414 / Angielski / Twarda / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can or does youth sport reconcile what seems to be a fundamental contradiction between understandings of sport and disability? Has youth sport been challenged in anyway? Have alternative views of sport for disabled people been presented? Examining some of the latest research, this book considers the relationship between sport and disability by exploring a range of questions such as these. Disability and Youth Sport further challenges current thinking and therefore serves to stimulate progressive debate in this area. Drawing on a breadth of literature from sports... How can or does youth sport reconcile what seems to be a fundamental contradiction between understandings of sport and disability? Has youth sport ... |
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693,51 zł |
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Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball
ISBN: 9780252032820 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A revealing look at the history of women's exclusion from America's national pastime
A revealing look at the history of women's exclusion from America's national pastime
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112,97 zł |
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It's All for the Kids: Gender, Families, and Youth Sports
ISBN: 9780520257108 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today, in a world quite different from the one that existed just thirty years ago, both girls and boys play soccer, baseball, softball, and other youth sports. Yet has the dramatic surge in participation by girls contributed to greater gender equality? In this engaging study, leading sociologist Michael A. Messner probes the richly complex gender dynamics of youth sports. Weaving together vivid first-person interviews with his own experiences as a volunteer for his sons' teams, Messner finds that despite the movement of girls into sports, gender boundaries and hierarchies still dominate,...
Today, in a world quite different from the one that existed just thirty years ago, both girls and boys play soccer, baseball, softball, and other yout...
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178,45 zł |
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Sports and Athletes
ISBN: 9780737745436 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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184,56 zł |
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Sport, Culture and History: Region, Nation and Globe
ISBN: 9780415495660 / Angielski / Miękka / 20 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book draws together some of Brian Stoddart's most important writings, showing how he has influenced thinking about and the analysis of sports practice in a wide variety of social and cultural settings.
This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in Society. This book draws together some of Brian Stoddart's most important writings, showing how he has influenced thinking about and the analysis of sports pra...
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277,36 zł |
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Sport in the Middle East: Power, Politics, Ideology and Religion
ISBN: 9780415727105 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection provides interdisciplinary study of sport in the Middle East in the context of history, politics, policies, gender, religion, ideology and international relations. The chapters examine the role of the Pan-Arab Games in strengthening the bonds of Arab identity in Qatar, the contribution of sport to the building of nationhood and cultural image in Lebanon and Turkey, female involvement in the Olympic movement in Middle Eastern countries, how sport has facilitated the promotion of gender equality and how sport has served the social and cultural transformation of the Islamic...
This collection provides interdisciplinary study of sport in the Middle East in the context of history, politics, policies, gender, religion, ideology...
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693,51 zł |
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Sport, Animals, and Society
ISBN: 9780415841948 / Angielski / Twarda / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book advances current literature on the role and place of animals in sport and society. It explores different forms of sporting spaces, examines how figures of animals have been used to racialize the human athlete, and encourages the reader to think critically about animal ethics, animals in space, time and place, and the human-animal relationship. The chapters highlight persistent dichotomies in the use of and collaboration with animals for sport, and present strategies for moving forward in the study of interspecies relations.
This book advances current literature on the role and place of animals in sport and society. It explores different forms of sporting spaces, examines ...
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744,88 zł |
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Sport, Culture and History : Region, nation and globe
ISBN: 9780415420792 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Region nation and globe. .
Region nation and globe. .
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693,51 zł |