Now in its eleventh edition, Sociology of North American Sport offers a compact yet comprehensive and integrated perspective on sport in North American society.
Now in its eleventh edition, Sociology of North American Sport offers a compact yet comprehensive and integrated perspective on sport in North American society.
This text looks at American sport from a different perspective - hegemony (a sociopolitical situation in which one way of life is dominant and is diffused throughout various social institutions...
New to this Edition * More application of sociological approaches--functionalism, conflict theory, social interactionism, critical race theory--to specific chapter themes * Expanded coverage of Native Americans, Latinos, Asians, and other ...
This informative text focuses on the role of sport in U.S. and Canadian societies. The approach is sociological, analytical, and critical.
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Sociology of Sport: Instructors Manual
A Sociological Perspective of Sport, Fifth Edition offers a comprehensive look at the social world of sport. The text is organized to show how sport is a vital component of...
Sociology of North American Sport
This book shows how the dynamic interplay of a powerful "golden triangle" of sports, media, and business interests with social, cultural, economic, and political forces shapes sport in a changing world.