Competition, fairness, and equality in sport and society / Verner Møller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Møller, Verner, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Sociological aspects.

Sports.

Sports--Moral and ethical aspects.

Sex discrimination in sports.

Racism in sports.

Competition (Psychology).

Place of Publication:

Common Ground Research Networks

Summary:

"Competition is a basic fact of life. Life in the modern world, based on rationality, ingenuity, and co-operative skills, makes it easy to forget this and to believe that it no longer applies to human beings. Developments in the western world since the turn of the millennium appear to confirm this perception. Competition, fairness, and equality in sport and society aims to show that this interpretation is wrong. Based on the workings of elite sport, it argues that the fairness and equality agenda, rather than being a manifestation of a mellowing of human nature, is essentially driven by the same innate competitive impulses. What has changed is that, once basic material needs for survival are covered, as is the case in the developed world, people continue to compete in other arenas attempting to improve their position in the human hierarchies and win status and recognition"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

The Concept of Fairness: The Veronica Ivy Case as Example

The Ideal of Equality

Equality and Power

The Ideological Enforcement of Feminist Ideology on Institutions of Higher Education in Sweden

Gender Equality in Sport: The Right to Take Part

Gender Equality in Sport: The Right to the Same Privileges

The Fairness of Equal Pay

The Problem of Equal Pay

Equal Pay and Athletes' Interests

Equal Pay and The Free Market

Equal Pay Between the Sexes in Sports

The Status of Women's Football

Female Attraction

Protection of the Weaker Sex

Conclusion: The Problem of Squaring the Circle.

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Other Format:

Print version: Møller, Verner. Competition, fairness, and equality in sport and society

ISBN:

1-957792-02-7