Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-326) and index.
Contents
A sociological perspective of sport -- Social images and sport -- Structures of social inequality : social class and sport -- Structures of social inequality : gender inequality in sport -- Structures of social inequality : racial inequality in sport -- Sport and the state : the political economy of American sport -- Commercialization of sport : from informal to corporate organization -- Mass media and sport : managing images, impressions, and ideology -- The professional team sports industry -- Power and ideology in intercollegiate sport -- Building character through youth and school sport -- Sport as a site for agency : resistance and transformation.