عنوان

Sport and leisure in the civilizing process :

(Number (ISBN

0333512251

(Number (ISBN

1349111910

(Number (ISBN

9780333512258

(Number (ISBN

9781349111916

Number

b384607

Title Proper

Sport and leisure in the civilizing process :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

critique and counter-critique

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Eric Dunning and Chris Rojek.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Basingstoke

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1992.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xix, 289 pages)

Text of Note

Introduction: Sociological approaches to the study of sport and leisure / Eric Dunning & Chris Rojek -- 1. The field of play in sport and leisure studies / Chris Rojek -- 2. Drugs, sport and ideologies / Ivan Waddington & Patrick Murphy -- 3. Cleaning up the game: perspectives on the evolution of professional sports / John Wilson -- 4. Towards a sociological theory of sport and the emotions: a process-sociological perspective / Joe Maguire -- 5. Sports and civilization: is violence the central problem? / Ruud Stokvis -- 6. Chariot races, tournaments and the civilizing process / Allen Guttmann -- 7. Sex, gender and the body in sport and leisure: has there been a civilizing process? / Jennifer Hargreaves -- 8. Sport, power and deplendency in southern Africa / Grant Jarvie -- 9. Figuring a brighter future / Alan Clarke -- 10. Figurational sociology and the sociology of sport: some concluding remarks / Eric Dunning.

Text of Note

Annotation",,,,,"AnnotationAnnotationHow do figurational sociologists approach the subjects of sport and leisure? How does their approach differ from other approaches in the field? This major collection, edited by leading writers on sport and leisure, offers a superb introduction to the figurational sociology of sport and leisure. The distinctive features of the approach are clearly explained and contributors show how figurational sociology is applied in the analysis of concrete problems. However, the collection also gives space to critics of the figurational approach. Included here are contributions which claim that the approach is inaccurate, blinkered and irrelevant.,"AnnotationAnnotationHow do figurational sociologists approach the subjects of sport and leisure? How does their approach differ from other approaches in the field? This major collection, edited by leading writers on sport and leisure, offers a superb introduction to the figurational sociology of sport and leisure. The distinctive features of the approach are clearly explained and contributors show how figurational sociology is applied in the analysis of concrete problems. However, the collection also gives space to critics of the figurational approach. Included here are contributions which claim that the approach is inaccurate, blinkered and irrelevant.

Aufsatzsammlung

Eric Dunning

Chris Rojek

Electronic name

[Book]

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