1st Edition
Eric Dunning and the Sociology of Sport
1. Scholar, gentleman and player: a tribute to Eric Dunning
Dominic Malcolm and Ivan Waddington
2. The Contribution of Eric Dunning to the Sociology of Sport: The Foundations
Stephen Mennell
3. Putting football on the academic map: Eric Dunning and the study of association football
Graham Curry
4. ‘Amateurism’ as a Sociological Problem: Some Reflections Inspired by Eric Dunning
Richard Gruneau
5. The Leicester School and the Study of Football Hooliganism
Alan Bairner
6. Making sense of ‘Ireland’, sport and identity: the craft of doing sociology
Katie Liston and Joseph Maguire
7. A quest for relaxation? A figurational analysis of the transformation of yoga into a global leisure time phenomenon
Miranda Thurston and Daniel Bloyce
8. Bullying in male physical education: a figurational sociological analysis
Mark Mierzwinski and Philippa Velija
9. The spectacularization of violence in contemporary US bare-knuckle fighting
Raúl Sánchez-García
10. The Germans: no sports but only drills and exercises?
Michael Krüger
11. Health and democratization as contradictory policy goals: sport in Zaragoza city
Celia Marcen and Dominic Malcolm
12. Physical Education and Figurational Sociology: An Appreciation of the Work of Eric Dunning
Ken Green
13. On whiskey, generational osmosis, and thinking ‘til it hurts: Eric Dunning and the Canadian Sociology of Sport Figuration
Michael Atkinson and Kevin Young
Biography
Dominic Malcolm is Professor in the Sociology of Sport at Loughborough University, UK, and Editor of International Review for Sociology of Sport. His core research interests draw on and apply the theoretical ideas of Norbert Elias’s figurational sociology to two substantive areas: the social development of cricket; and sport, health and medicine.
Ivan Waddington is Visiting Professor at the University of Chester, UK. His edited and authored books include Sport, Health and Drugs (2000), Sport Histories (2004), Pain and Injury in Sport (2006), and An Introduction to Drugs in Sport. Addicted to Winning (2009).
