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Power games : a critical sociology of sport / edited by John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Social aspects.
- Sports.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Critical theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Critical and radical perspectives have been central to the emergence of the sociology of sport as a discipline in its own right. This ground-breaking new book is the first to offer a comprehensive theory and method for a critical sociology of sport. It argues that class, political economy, hegemony and other concepts central to the radical tradition are essential for framing, understanding and changing social and political relations within sport and between sport and society.<BR>The book draws upon the disciplines of politics, sociology, history and philosophy to provide a critical analysis of
- Contents:
- part 1. Theory and method
- part 2. Theory : interventions and re-evaluations
- part 3. Method : case studies and ethnographies.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-40212-8
- 0-415-25101-X
- 1-315-01269-3
- 1-136-40205-5
- 9781315012698
- OCLC:
- 870591193
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