Power Games: A Critical Sociology of Sport Contributor(s): Sugden, John (Editor), Tomlinson, Alan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 041525101X ISBN-13: 9780415251013 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2002 Annotation: 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. It takes the reader through the big themes in the discipline, including social history, sociological and political theory, comparative research and ethnography, this book is essential reading for any serious student of sport. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Essays - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 306.483 |
LCCN: 2002068309 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.14" W x 9.24" (1.07 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |