Sport, Theory and Social Problems: A Critical Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 113515712X
- ISBN-13
- 9781135157128
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 184
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-06-25
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Adam White, Eric Anderson
Description
What impact does sport have on the lives of ordinary people? How does sport help to perpetuate inequalities in society? What can social theory tell us about the role of sport in society?? At their origin competitive sports were institutionalized in Western cultures for the privilege of white, heterosexual men. Over time sport has become more open to categories of people traditionally marginalized in society: women; those from lower social classes; gay men; people of colour; and those differently abled. However, focusing solely on increased social inclusion in sport masks significant problems with both the culture and structure of sport. This critical textbook examines social exclusion in sport and analyzes the socio-negative attributes associated with competitive, institutionalized sport, for all who play. Focusing on sport at non-elite levels, this book explores the lives of everyday citizens who play and examines how inequality and social deviance are structured into the social and sporting system. Each chapter uses a key social theory to address a particular social problem in sport, such as learned obedience to authority; the acceptance of pain and injury; the adoption of hyper-masculine, homophobic and sexist attitudes; the teaching of in-group/out-group; and the use of sport as a false mechanism for social mobility. By concentrating on real sport, and through the use of startling vignettes illustrating the experiences of real people, this textbook develops the critical senses, social conscience and theoretical understanding of all students of sport and anybody for whom sport is part of their everyday life.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Sport: Social Problems and Issues
By Frank KewSport: Social Problems and Issues provides a detailed analysis and critique of contemporary social problems and issues for the coach, organizer, teacher or student of sport.
-
Social Media In Sport: Theory And Practice
By Jimmy Sanderson, Norman O'Reilly, Gashaw AbezaThis book enables students to grasp the holistic enterprise of social media as it pertains to social, legal, marketing, and management issues.
-
Sociology of Sport and Social Theory
By Earl SmithSociology of Sport and Social Theory presents current research perspectives from major sport scholars and leading sociologists regarding issues germane to the sociology of sport while addressing traditional and contemporary sociological ...
-
Understanding Match-Fixing in Sport: Theory and Practice
By Argyro Elisavet Manoli, Bram ConstandtBringing together leading match-fixing researchers from different fields, this book offers new theoretical and applied perspectives on this persistent problem in sport and wider society.
-
Sport, Culture and Society: An Introduction
By Grant JarvieThis exciting, accessible introduction to the field of Sports Studies is the most comprehensive guide yet to the relationships between sport, culture and society.
-
Social Issues in Sport
By Ron Woods, B. Nalani ButlerSee sport marketing martial arts 114-115, 240, 329 Marx, Karl 20, 314 mascots 241-243 masculinity 24, 283, 285, 359, 379, ... See Islam and Muslims magazines 76, 80, 87, 89 Major League Baseball (MLB) advanced media site of 80 Black Sox ...
-
Deviance and Social Control in Sport
By Kevin Young, Michael AtkinsonIn Ontario, Canada, in 2005, Atkinson met an endurance athlete named Ryan who had come to distance running after being diagnosed with, being treated for, and surviving cancer. Atkinson was particularly struck by Ryan's performance ...
-
Sport for Development and Peace: A Critical Sociology
By Simon DarnellThis book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
-
Ethics of Sport and Athletics: Theory, Issues, and Application
By Robert C. SchneiderExtensively updated with real-world examples drawn from the latest sports headlines, this Second Edition is designed to help readers grapple with the many complicated ethical challenges they’ll encounter in today’s sports professions, ...
-
Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality
By Eric Anderson, Jennifer HargreavesThe Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality brings together important new work from 68 leading international scholars that, collectively, demonstrates the intrinsic interconnectedness of sport, gender and sexuality.