Sport Sociology

Synopsis

"A welcome addition for those who teach sports studies... Used as a primer, this book provides readers with excellent introduction to the key sociological concepts, methods, and theories, and, also offers useful examples and contextualised discussions that beginners to the realm of sociology will no doubt appreciate. Beedie has compiled for students a good companion text that could certainly be used in conjunction with more detailed books, and, to guide students through more complex academic texts. Students have certainly appreciated Beedie's efforts to help them apply sociological rigour to analysing their sporting worlds, identities and experiences."
- Geoffery Kohe, Worcester University

"This should be highly useful for any sports studies students who are encountering the sociology of sport for the first time, even those who have previously studied sociology."
- Alison Cain, Hertfordshire University

Sociology is central to the study of sport in higher education. This reader-friendly textbook introduces all of the subject’s core themes, such as power, diversity and mediation, and relates them to major contemporary social issues such as commercialisation and globalisation.

Special emphasis is given throughout to examples drawn from the UK and to the significance of the 2012 Olympics. Theoretical explanation is fully supported by case studies, practical and reflective exercises and guidance on further study.

Book details

Author:

Paul Beedie, Peter Craig

ISBN:

9781844457267

Related ISBNs:

9780857255891, 9781844454563, 9781844454648

Publisher:

SAGE Publications

Pages:

N/A

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

Yes

Date of addition:

2017-02-25

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

2010

Copyright by:

Peter Craig, Paul Beedie, Gordon Mellor, Ping Wu, Amanda Jones. 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Nonfiction, Sociology, Sports