Power games : a critical sociology of sport / / edited by John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/83
• Soggetto topico: Sports - Social aspects; Power (Social sciences); Critical theory
• Classificazione: 76.10
• Altri autori: SugdenJohn Peter TomlinsonAlan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part 1. Theory and method -- part 2. Theory : interventions and re-evaluations -- part 3. Method : case studies and ethnographies.
• Sommario/riassunto: Critical and radical perspectives have been central to the emergence of the sociology of sport as a discipline in its own right. This ground-breaking new book is the first to offer a comprehensive theory and method for a critical sociology of sport. It argues that class, political economy, hegemony and other concepts central to the radical tradition are essential for framing, understanding and changing social and political relations within sport and between sport and society.<BR>The book draws upon the disciplines of politics, sociology, history and philosophy to provide a critical analysis of
• Titolo autorizzato: Power games
• ISBN: 1-136-40212-8; 0-415-25101-X; 1-315-01269-3; 1-136-40205-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826821903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II