Routledge Library Editions: Sports Studies – serie
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Sport, Time and Society (RLE Sports Studies)
The British at Play
Inbunden, 2014
1566 kr
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This volume traces the rise and transformation of organized sport and its impact on social patterns and gender roles. Stressing the essential continuity of the sporting experience, the author shows the changing tempo of sport through the ages and explores the broader effects of the time element on …
Sport, Culture and Ideology (RLE Sports Studies)
Inbunden, 2014
2510 kr
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Sport celebrates basic human values of freedom, justice and courage. This collection of essays probes beneath those assumptions in order to illuminate how sport is intimately related to power and domination. Topics include the media treatment of sport, drug-taking in sport and the controversial and …
Government and Politics of Sport (RLE Sports Studies)
Inbunden, 2014
2510 kr
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When originally published in 1991 this was the first book to tackle the UK policy process of sport and to provide a political science analysis of some of the key issues facing sports administrators today. The volume identifies the parties involved: central government, local government, the Sports …
Class, Race and Sport in South Africa's Political Economy (RLE Sports Studies)
Av Grant Jarvie
Inbunden, 2014
1229 kr
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In recent years the interest in the patterns and policies of South African sport has grown. This book examines the increasingly complex issue of race, class and sport in the context of South African social relations. The author disputes evaluations made purely on the question of race, maintaining …
Fair Game (RLE Sports Studies)
Myth and Reality in Sport
Inbunden, 2014
2131 kr
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This volume examines modern sport in its social context and concludes that it is beset with over-commercialised motives, damaged by dangerous political alignments and marred by wrongheaded social values. The book provides a thought-provoking analysis and offers new insights into why and how modern …
Cricket and Empire
The 1932-33 Bodyline Tour of Australia
Av Ric Sissons, Brian Stoddart
Inbunden, 2014
2263 kr
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A great depression, worsening Anglo-Australian relations, the declining British Empire and the challenge from an Australia striving to find a national identity are the context which explain bodyline and its repercussions. Bodyline was a watershed in the history of cricket and politics were publicly …
Roots of Football Hooliganism (RLE Sports Studies)
An Historical and Sociological Study
Av Eric Dunning, Patrick J. Murphy m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2510 kr
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This systematic historical and sociological study of the phenomenon of football hooliganism examines the history of crowd disorderliness at association football matches in Britain and assesses both popular and academic explanations of the problem. The authors’ study starts in the 1880s, when …
Hooligans Abroad (RLE Sports Studies)
The Behaviour and Control of English Fans in Continental Europe
Av John M. Williams, Eric Dunning m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2510 kr
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This book traces international developments in the hooligan phenomenon since the Heysel tragedy of 1985. The authors make special reference to the troubled European championships in West Germany in 1988 and look critically at political responses to the problem. The authors used ‘participant …
Sport and the Physical Emancipation of English Women (RLE Sports Studies)
1870-1914
Inbunden, 2014
2585 kr
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The nineteenth century was a golden age in British sports. Not only were sports immensely popular, but they began to assume the forms and qualities that still characterise them today. Moreover, the latter part of the century saw a significant participation in sports by women, and this book provides …
Sport, Leisure and Social Relations (RLE Sports Studies)
Av John Horne, David Jary m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
764 kr
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When this book was first published the study of sport had been largely neglected by sociologists. The contributions to this volume bring the sports field, the leisure centre and everyday leisure activities to a more central position within the sociological enterprise. Whether amateur or …
Fair Game (RLE Sports Studies)
Myth and Reality in Sport
Häftad, 2015
749 kr
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This volume examines modern sport in its social context and concludes that it is beset with over-commercialised motives, damaged by dangerous political alignments and marred by wrongheaded social values. The book provides a thought-provoking analysis and offers new insights into why and how modern …
Hooligans Abroad (RLE Sports Studies)
The Behaviour and Control of English Fans in Continental Europe
Av John M. Williams, Eric Dunning m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
749 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book traces international developments in the hooligan phenomenon since the Heysel tragedy of 1985. The authors make special reference to the troubled European championships in West Germany in 1988 and look critically at political responses to the problem. The authors used ‘participant …
Sport and the Physical Emancipation of English Women (RLE Sports Studies)
1870-1914
Häftad, 2015
796 kr
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The nineteenth century was a golden age in British sports. Not only were sports immensely popular, but they began to assume the forms and qualities that still characterise them today. Moreover, the latter part of the century saw a significant participation in sports by women, and this book provides …
Sport, Leisure and Social Relations (RLE Sports Studies)
Av John Horne, David Jary m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
240 kr
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When this book was first published the study of sport had been largely neglected by sociologists. The contributions to this volume bring the sports field, the leisure centre and everyday leisure activities to a more central position within the sociological enterprise. Whether amateur or …
Government and Politics of Sport (RLE Sports Studies)
Häftad, 2015
750 kr
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When originally published in 1991 this was the first book to tackle the UK policy process of sport and to provide a political science analysis of some of the key issues facing sports administrators today. The volume identifies the parties involved: central government, local government, the Sports …
Roots of Football Hooliganism (RLE Sports Studies)
An Historical and Sociological Study
Av Eric Dunning, Patrick J. Murphy m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
794 kr
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This systematic historical and sociological study of the phenomenon of football hooliganism examines the history of crowd disorderliness at association football matches in Britain and assesses both popular and academic explanations of the problem. The authors’ study starts in the 1880s, when …
Cricket and Empire
The 1932-33 Bodyline Tour of Australia
Av Ric Sissons, Brian Stoddart
Häftad, 2016
796 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A great depression, worsening Anglo-Australian relations, the declining British Empire and the challenge from an Australia striving to find a national identity are the context which explain bodyline and its repercussions. Bodyline was a watershed in the history of cricket and politics were publicly …
Class, Race and Sport in South Africa's Political Economy (RLE Sports Studies)
Av Grant Jarvie
Häftad, 2016
502 kr
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In recent years the interest in the patterns and policies of South African sport has grown. This book examines the increasingly complex issue of race, class and sport in the context of South African social relations. The author disputes evaluations made purely on the question of race, maintaining …
Sport, Culture and Ideology (RLE Sports Studies)
Häftad, 2015
750 kr
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Sport celebrates basic human values of freedom, justice and courage. This collection of essays probes beneath those assumptions in order to illuminate how sport is intimately related to power and domination. Topics include the media treatment of sport, drug-taking in sport and the controversial and …
Sport, Time and Society (RLE Sports Studies)
The British at Play
Häftad, 2015
517 kr
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This volume traces the rise and transformation of organized sport and its impact on social patterns and gender roles. Stressing the essential continuity of the sporting experience, the author shows the changing tempo of sport through the ages and explores the broader effects of the time element on …
Routledge Library Editions: Sports Studies
Av Various
2014
21340 kr
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This set examines sport and leisure from a social science viewpoint. The volumes included, originally published between 1984 and 1991 take a cross-disciplinary approach to explore the social, political and cultural roles of sport in today's society. They cover issues as diverse as inequality, …
