LEADER 03881nam 22006732 450 001 9910779347103321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-139-57941-X 010 $a1-139-88739-4 010 $a0-511-99850-3 010 $a1-139-57339-X 010 $a1-139-56903-1 010 $a1-139-57084-6 010 $a1-139-57259-8 010 $a1-283-71628-3 010 $a1-139-56993-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000708293 035 $a(EBL)1025032 035 $a(OCoLC)813844851 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000756971 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11390547 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756971 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10769491 035 $a(PQKB)10666544 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511998508 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1025032 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1025032 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10614485 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL402878 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000708293 100 $a20110114d2012|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSport and democracy in the ancient and modern worlds /$fPaul Christesen$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 0 $aSport and democracy in the ancient and modern worlds 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-01269-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Terms and concepts -- 3. Previous work positing a causal relationship between sport and democratization -- 4. Congruence between society and sport -- 5. Sport as a school for democracy -- 6. Sport as an impediment to democratization -- 7. The cumulative effect of horizontal mass sport on democratization -- 8. Sport and society in early iron age Greece -- 9. Sport and society in sixth- and fifth-century BCE Greece -- 10. Sport and democratization in sixth- and fifth-century BCE Greece -- 11. Sport and society in Britain from 1800 to 1840 -- 12. Sport and society in Britain from 1840 to 1870 -- 13. Sport in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Germany -- 14. Sport and society in Britain from 1870 to 1900 -- 15. Sport and democratization in nineteenth-century Britain -- 16. Mass sport in the United States -- 17. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book explores the relationship between sport and democratization. Drawing on sociological and historical methodologies, it provides a framework for understanding how sport affects the level of egalitarianism in the society in which it is played. The author distinguishes between horizontal sport, which embodies and fosters egalitarian relations, and vertical sport, which embodies and fosters hierarchical relations. Christesen also differentiates between societies in which sport is played and watched on a mass scale and those in which it is an ancillary activity. Using ancient Greece and nineteenth-century Britain as case studies, Christesen analyzes how these variables interact and finds that horizontal mass sport has the capacity to both promote and inhibit democratization at a societal level. He concludes that horizontal mass sport tends to reinforce and extend democratization. 517 3 $aSport & Democracy in the Ancient & Modern Worlds 606 $aSports$xHistory 606 $aSports$xSociological aspects 615 0$aSports$xHistory. 615 0$aSports$xSociological aspects. 676 $a306.4/83 686 $aHIS002000$2bisacsh 700 $aChristesen$b Paul$f1966-$0474244 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779347103321 996 $aSport and democracy in the ancient and modern worlds$93726218 997 $aUNINA