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Sport, culture and society : an introduction / by Grant Jarvie.

By: Publication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 501 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780415483933 (pbk.) :
  • 041548393X (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV706.5 .J383 2012
Contents:
Part 1: The Broader Context -- 1. Sport, Theory and the Problem of Values -- 2. Sport, History and Social Change -- 3. Sport, Global Finance and Economics -- 4. Sport, Politics and Culture -- Part 2: Sport, Globalisation and Other Communities -- 5. Globalisation and Global Sport -- 6. Internationalism, Reconciliation and Sport in the Making of Nations -- 7. Sport, Community and Others -- 8. Sport, Law and Governance -- 9. Sport, Social Media and Television -- 10. Sport, Social Capital and Education -- Part 3: Sport, and Contemporary Social Issues -- 11. Sport, and the Environment -- 12. Sport, Body and World Health -- 13. Sport , Violence and Crime -- 14. Sport, Religion and Spirituality -- 15. Sport, the Olympics and Major Sporting Events -- 16. Sport, Lifestyles and Alternative cultures -- Part 4: Sport as a Resource of Hope -- 17. Sport , Social Inequality and Social Movement -- 18. Sport, Poverty and International Development -- 19. Sport and Social Change -- 20. Sport, the Public Intellectual and the University. -- Conclusions: Theses on Sport, Culture and Society.

Part 1: The Broader Context -- 1. Sport, Theory and the Problem of Values -- 2. Sport, History and Social Change -- 3. Sport, Global Finance and Economics -- 4. Sport, Politics and Culture -- Part 2: Sport, Globalisation and Other Communities -- 5. Globalisation and Global Sport -- 6. Internationalism, Reconciliation and Sport in the Making of Nations -- 7. Sport, Community and Others -- 8. Sport, Law and Governance -- 9. Sport, Social Media and Television -- 10. Sport, Social Capital and Education -- Part 3: Sport, and Contemporary Social Issues -- 11. Sport, and the Environment -- 12. Sport, Body and World Health -- 13. Sport , Violence and Crime -- 14. Sport, Religion and Spirituality -- 15. Sport, the Olympics and Major Sporting Events -- 16. Sport, Lifestyles and Alternative cultures -- Part 4: Sport as a Resource of Hope -- 17. Sport , Social Inequality and Social Movement -- 18. Sport, Poverty and International Development -- 19. Sport and Social Change -- 20. Sport, the Public Intellectual and the University. -- Conclusions: Theses on Sport, Culture and Society.

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