LEADER 05165nam 22007095 450 001 9910370042203321 005 20230810165711.0 010 $a3-030-31699-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-31699-0 035 $a(CKB)4940000000150582 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5990298 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-31699-0 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5990298 035 $a(OCoLC)1130904841 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000150582 100 $a20191206d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGaelic Games in Society $eCivilising Processes, Players, Administrators and Spectators /$fby John Connolly, Paddy Dolan 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (XV, 213 p. 1 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies on Norbert Elias,$x2662-3110 311 $a3-030-31698-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aList of Abbreviations.-Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Gaelic games in society -- Chapter 2: Gaelic games and player violence -- Chapter 3: Spectators, emotions and the individualisation of violence -- Chapter 4: The sociogenesis and development of the GAA: Centralising and decentralising tensions -- Chapter 5: The amateur-professional tension balance -- Chapter 6: The amplifying of professionalism and amateurism, and the emergence of 'Player Power'.-Chapter 7: Integrating Irish youth, national identification, and diminishing displays of superiority -- Chapter 8: Cultural hybridisation as an essentialising strategy: The development of a new sport -- International Rules Football -- Chapter 9: Conclusion: Some thoughts on contemporary developments. 330 $a?Connolly and Dolan set Gaelic games in the context of the development of sport worldwide, including trends towards less violence among players and spectators. Yet they also show how the GAA has been tied up with power relations within Irish society, between players and administrators, and in rivalry with soccer and rugby. A model of sociological history.? ?Stephen Mennell, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University College Dublin, Ireland ?Connolly and Dolan draw on a wealth of historical documents and skilfully employ key concepts in figurational sociology to analyse a range of developments in Gaelic games that have long been the subject of media and public interest and the focus of heated debate within the GAA.? ?Paul Darby, Reader in the Sociology of Sport, Ulster University, UK ?Ireland is as central to our understanding of global sport as sport is to our understanding of both Irish society and the theories of Norbert Elias. Gaelic Games in Society is a critical synthesis of history and sociology and continues the rich tradition of figurational analyses of the development of particular sports. This fascinating work will sit comfortably alongside the best.? ?Dominic Malcolm, Reader in the Sociology of Sport, Loughborough University, UK In this book John Connolly and Paddy Dolan illustrate and explain developments in Gaelic games, the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), and Irish society over the course of the last 150 years. The main themes in the book include: advances in the threshold of repugnance towards violence in the playing of Gaelic games, changes in the structure of spectator violence, diminishing displays of superiority towards the competing sports of soccer and rugby, the tension between decentralising and centralising processes, the movement in the balance between amateurism and professionalism, changes in the power balance between ?elite? players and administrators, and the difficulties in developing a new hybrid sport. The authors also explain how these developments were connected to various social processes including changes in the structure of Irish society and in the social habitus of people in Ireland. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies on Norbert Elias,$x2662-3110 606 $aSports$xSociological aspects 606 $aSociology 606 $aEconomic sociology 606 $aCulture$xStudy and teaching 606 $aSports$xPsychological aspects 606 $aSport Sociology 606 $aSociological Theory 606 $aEconomic Sociology 606 $aCultural Studies 606 $aSport Psychology 615 0$aSports$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aEconomic sociology. 615 0$aCulture$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aSports$xPsychological aspects. 615 14$aSport Sociology. 615 24$aSociological Theory. 615 24$aEconomic Sociology. 615 24$aCultural Studies. 615 24$aSport Psychology. 676 $a796.309415 676 $a796.309415 700 $aConnolly$b John$f1973-$0888439 702 $aDolan$b Paddy 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910370042203321 996 $aGaelic games in society$91984693 997 $aUNINA