1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910164232803321

Autore

Berger Stephen

Titolo

Infectious diseases of Greenland / / Stephen Berger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, California : , : GIDEON Informatics Inc., , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4988-1362-3

Edizione

[2017 edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages) : color illustrations, tables

Collana

Gideon E-Book Series

Disciplina

616.909

Soggetti

Communicable diseases - History

Communicable diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791886303321

Titolo

The sociology of sports coaching / / edited by Robyn L. Jones, Paul Potrac, Chris Cushion and Lars Tore Ronglan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon, England ; ; New Yorkc, NY : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

9780203865545

0203865545

9781135260064

1135260060

9781135260071

1135260079

9781283045254

1283045257

9786613045256

661304525X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 pages)

Disciplina

796.07/7

Soggetti

Coaching (Athletics)

Sports - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editors and contributors; Part I Background and context; 1 Introduction; Part II Sociological thinkers; 2 Erving Goffman: Interaction and impression management: Playing the coaching role; 3 Michel Foucault: Power and discourse: The 'loaded' language of coaching; 4 Pierre Bourdieu: A theory of (coaching) practice; 5 Arlie Russell Hochschild: The managed heart, feeling rules, and emotional labour: Coaching as an emotional endeavour; 6 Anthony Giddens: Acknowledging structure and individuality within coaching; 7 Niklas Luhmann: Coaching as communication

8 Etienne Wenger: Coaching and communities of practice9 Peter Blau: Exchange, reciprocity and dependency: How coaches and athletes rely on each other; 10 Jürgen Habermas: Communicative action, the system



and the lifeworld: Critiquing social interaction in coaching; Part III Coaching and the social; 11 Power in coaching; 12 Social interaction in coaching; 13 Coach and athlete learning: A social approach; 14 Concluding thoughts and ways forward; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sports coaching is a social activity. At its heart lies a complex interaction between coach and athlete played out within the context of sport, itself a socio-culturally defined set of practices. In this ground-breaking book, leading international coaching scholars and coaches argue that an understanding of sociology and social theory can help us better grasp the interactive nature of coaching and consequently assist in demystifying the mythical 'art' of the activity.The Sociology of Sports Coaching establishes an alternative conceptual framework from which to explore