Social issues in sport
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Published: |
Human Kinetics,
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Publisher Address: | Champaign, IL |
Publication Dates: | c2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xiv, 369 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. |
ISBN: |
0736058729 (soft cover) 9780736058728 (soft cover) |
Index Number: | G80 |
CLC: | G80-05 |
Call Number: | G80-05/W896 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-360) and index. What is sport and why do we study it? -- How do we study sport? -- Participants versus spectators -- Business of sport -- Media and sport -- Youth sport -- Interscholastic and intercollegiate sport -- International sport -- Olympic movement -- Sporting behavior -- Race, ethnicity, and sport -- Women and sport -- Social class and sport -- Special populations and sport -- Religion and sport -- Politics and sport -- Deviance and sport -- Coaching sport -- Future trends in sport. |