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Sport, culture and society : an introduction / Grant Jarvie ; with James Thornton and Hector Mackie

Author
Jarvie, Grant, 1955-
Published
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Description
xvii, 552 pages ; 25 cm
Additional Creators
Thornton, James and Mackie, Hector

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 The broader context -- 1.Sport, theory and the problem of values -- 2.Sport, history and social change -- 3.Sport, economics and wealth -- 4.Sport, development and peace -- 5.Sport, politics and culture -- pt. 2 Global sport and community -- 6.Global sport in a deglobalising world -- 7.Sport, law and governance -- 8.Sport and communities -- 9.Internationalism, reconciliation and sport in the making of nations -- 10.Sport, media and technology -- 11.Sport, social capital and civil society -- 12.Sport and education -- pt. 3 Sport and contemporary social issues -- 13.Sport and the environment -- 14.Sport, racisms and ethnicity -- 15.Sport, violence and crime -- 16.Sport and religion -- 17.Sport, gender and sexuality -- 18.Sport and health -- 19.Sport and disability -- 20.Sport, cities, Olympics and major sporting events -- 21.Sport, lifestyles and alternatives? -- 22.Sport, gambling and corruption -- 23.Sport, poverty and homelessness -- pt. 4 Sport as a resource of hope and the politics of the possible -- 24.Sport, social movements and protest -- 25.Sport, damned nations and cultural relations -- 26.Sport, rights and public action -- 27.Sport for social change -- 28.Sport, advocacy and the public intellectual.
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ISBN
9781138917514 hardcover
1138917516 hardcover
9781138917521 paperback
1138917524 paperback
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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