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Sport in a changing world / Howard L. Nixon II.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Routledge, [2016]Edition: Second EditionDescription: xiv, 349 pages : illustratiions ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781612058566 (Hardcover : acidfree paper)
  • 9781612058573
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.483 23
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Partial contents:
Part 1. Sociology and the sociology of sport. Ch. 1. A sport sociologist's perspective of sport -- Part 2. Social organization of sport. Ch. 2. Social stratification, class, and mobility in sport -- Ch. 3. Diversity and inequalities in sport -- Part 3. Building, spreading, and disrupting sport in the Golden Triangle. Ch. 4. Globalization, mass media, and sports culture -- Ch. 5. Sport, social deviance, and social problems -- Part 4. Social contexts of sport. Ch. 6. Youth and high school sports -- Ch. 7 College athletics -- Ch. 8. Professional sports -- Part 5. Power, political economy, and global sports. Ch. 9. Politics, economics, and sport in a changing world.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-335) and index.

Part 1. Sociology and the sociology of sport. Ch. 1. A sport sociologist's perspective of sport -- Part 2. Social organization of sport. Ch. 2. Social stratification, class, and mobility in sport -- Ch. 3. Diversity and inequalities in sport -- Part 3. Building, spreading, and disrupting sport in the Golden Triangle. Ch. 4. Globalization, mass media, and sports culture -- Ch. 5. Sport, social deviance, and social problems -- Part 4. Social contexts of sport. Ch. 6. Youth and high school sports -- Ch. 7 College athletics -- Ch. 8. Professional sports -- Part 5. Power, political economy, and global sports. Ch. 9. Politics, economics, and sport in a changing world.