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Power games : a critical sociology of sport / edited by John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson.

Contributor(s): Sugden, John | Tomlinson, Alan.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2002Description: xi, 304 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 041525101X (pbk.).Subject(s): Sports -- Social aspects | Power (Social sciences) | Critical theoryDDC classification: 306.483
Contents:
Part I: Theory and method -- Theory and method for a critical sociology of sport / John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson -- Part II: Theory: interventions and re-evaluations -- Globalisation theory, global sport and nations and nationalism / John Hargreaves -- Theorising spectable: beyond Debord / Alan Tomlinson -- Network football / John Sugden -- Leading with the left: boxing, incarnation and Sartre's progressive-regressive method / Leon Culbertson -- Critical social research and political intervention: moralistic versus radical approaches / Ian McDonald -- 'It's not a game': the place of philosophy in a study of sport / Graham McFee -- Part III: Method: case studies and ethnographies -- Sport, power and the state in Weimar Germany / Udo Merkel -- Contest, conflict and resistance in South Africa's sport policies / Marc Keech -- Sport, sectarianism and society in a divided Ireland revisited / Alan Bairner -- The sports star in the media: the gendered construction and youthful consumption of sports personalities / Gill Lines -- Shifting balances of power in the new football economy / Jon Magee -- Babes on the beach, women in the surf: researching gender, power and difference in the windsurfing culture / Belinda Wheaton -- Sport, masculinity and black cultural resistance / Ben Carrington.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 306.483 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00079126
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.
The book draws upon the disciplines of politics, sociology, history and philosophy to provide a critical analysis of power relations throughout the world of sport, while offering important new case studies from such diverse sporting contexts as the Olympics, world football, boxing, cricket, tennis and windsurfing. In the process, it addresses key topics such as:
* nations and nationalism
* globalisation
* race
* gender
* political economy.
Power Games can be used as a complete introduction to the study of sport and society. And will be essential reading for any serious student of sport. At the same time, it is a provocative book that by argument and example challenges those who research and write about sport to make their work relevant to social and political reform.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Theory and method -- Theory and method for a critical sociology of sport / John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson -- Part II: Theory: interventions and re-evaluations -- Globalisation theory, global sport and nations and nationalism / John Hargreaves -- Theorising spectable: beyond Debord / Alan Tomlinson -- Network football / John Sugden -- Leading with the left: boxing, incarnation and Sartre's progressive-regressive method / Leon Culbertson -- Critical social research and political intervention: moralistic versus radical approaches / Ian McDonald -- 'It's not a game': the place of philosophy in a study of sport / Graham McFee -- Part III: Method: case studies and ethnographies -- Sport, power and the state in Weimar Germany / Udo Merkel -- Contest, conflict and resistance in South Africa's sport policies / Marc Keech -- Sport, sectarianism and society in a divided Ireland revisited / Alan Bairner -- The sports star in the media: the gendered construction and youthful consumption of sports personalities / Gill Lines -- Shifting balances of power in the new football economy / Jon Magee -- Babes on the beach, women in the surf: researching gender, power and difference in the windsurfing culture / Belinda Wheaton -- Sport, masculinity and black cultural resistance / Ben Carrington.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Theory and Method for a Critical Sociology of Sport
  • 2 Sport Sectarianism and Society in a Divided Ireland Revisited
  • 3 Globalisation Theory, Global Sport, and Nations and Nationalism
  • 4 Theorising Spectacle: Beyond Debord
  • 5 Leading with the Left: Boxing, Incarnation and Sartre's Progressive-regressive Method
  • 6 Critical Social Research and Political Intervention: Moralistic Verses Radical Approaches
  • 7 'Its Not a Game': The Place of Philosophy in a Study of Sport
  • 8 Sport, Power and the State in Weimar Germany
  • 9 Contest, Conflict and Resistance in South Africa's Sport Policies
  • 10 The Sport Star in the Media: The Gendered Construction and Youthful Consumption of Sports Personalities
  • 11 Shifting Balances of Power in the New Football Economy
  • 12 Shifting the Balances of Power in the New Football Economy
  • 12 Babes on the Beach, Women in the Surf: Researching Gender, Power and Difference in the Wind Surfing Culture
  • 13 Sport, Masculinity and Black Cultural Resistance
  • 14 Network Football