1st Edition

Sport Critical Concepts in Sociology

    1768 Pages
    by Routledge

    Recent years have seen a rapid growth in the field of sports studies. This collection provides an invaluable resource for this burgeoning field, offering a selection of classic works and more recent, groundbreaking journal articles on the sociology of sport.
    Key features of this collection are:

    * Comprehensive and critical coverage of the field
    * Historical and comparative approaches detail how modern sport has developed
    * Articles which illustrate the international diversity of the study of the social aspects of sport and sport per se
    * Cross-disciplinary articles

    The four volumes cover:
    * Approaches to the Study of Sport
    * The Development and Structure of Modern Sport
    * Sport and Power Relations
    * Major Issues in Contemporary Sport

    With an international range of themes, contextual introductions to each volume and a comprehensive index, this will become an indispensible research tool for students and researchers.

    Volume 1: Approaches to the Study of Sport
    Volume 2: The Development and Structure of Sport
    Volume 3: Sport and Power Relations
    Volume 4: Issues in the Sociology of Sport