Edition |
2nd ed. |
Description |
xiii, 335 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography |
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. |
Subject |
Sports -- Social aspects.
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ISBN |
0880116609 (pbk.) |
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