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Sport in a Changing World by Howard L. Nixon (2008, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-101594514437
ISBN-139781594514432
eBay Product ID (ePID)102886168
Product Key Features
Number of Pages424 Pages
Publication NameSport in a Changing World
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
SubjectSociology / General, Sociology of Sports
TypeTextbook
AuthorHoward L. Nixon
Subject AreaSports & Recreation, Social Science
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight26.5 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Reviews"Nixon offers an informed, enlightening book on a variety of topics related to the sociology of sport. ... Providing multiple sources for those interested in theoretical constructs surrounding the socialization aspects of sport, this clear, concise study is a must for anyone interested in looking at sport in the context of a changing global society. Highly recommended." --CHOICE "One of the 'founding parents' of the sociology of sport, Nixon has provided us with a new text that highlights dimensions of how sport serves as a microcosm for society both in North America and abroad. Distinguishing this book from many of its competitors is its strong foundational principles in sociological theories, which are used throughout the volume to analyze the dramatically changing landscape of global sports. Nixon supplies for his readers a thorough explication of social scientific methodology, allowing students insight into the cornucopia of research that has burgeoned in the last three decades. The book is readable, accessible, and filled with examples that will capture students' imaginations." --Peter Adler, University of Denver "Nixon's Sport in a Changing World is on target with its emphasis on the nature of contemporary sport being largely determined by the partnership of commercialized sport with mass media and the corporate world. Sport at all levels, even high school, is driven by the values associated with rational organization, profit, and marketing appeal. Nixon weaves this theme in an analytical, but clearly expressed, fashion with established theories and concepts of sociology." --James Frey, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Dewey Edition22
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.483
Table Of ContentChapter 1: Sport, the Body, and Forces of Change: An introduction to Sport Sociology Chapter 2: Social Theories and Research Methods in Sport Sociology Chapter 3: Stratification and Social Class in Sport Chapter 4: Dimensions of Social Inequality in Sport Chapter 5: Globalization, Global Sports Culture, and the Golden Triangle Chapter 6: From the Global Cultural Economy to U.S. Sports Cultures and Subcultures Chapter 7: Socialization in Youth Sports and High School Athletics Chapter 8: Sport, Social Deviance, and Social Problems Chapter 9: Sport and Higher Education Chapter 10: The Professional Sports Industry and Sports Careers Chapter 11: Sport, Politics, and the Future
SynopsisIn a stressful, turbulent world, sports can be an escape from reality. Yet sport actually mirrors the issues and problems of our world today, bearing the imprint of powerful forces of social change. This book offers a sociological perspective for seeing and understanding the place of sport in society and how it is affected by big business and by demographic, cultural, organizational, economic, political, and technological change. Nixon's main focus is "big-time" commercialized and corporate sport, from Little League Baseball, Inc. to youth club sports, high school and college athletics, and professional and Olympic sports. He writes vividly of the making and unmaking of heroes and celebrities. Throughout he shows how the combined influence of networks of major sports organizations, media corporations, and corporate sponsors is shaping sport around the world., This is a chapter from Alex Rosse(tm)s groundbreaking history of twentieth-century classical music, e~The Rest is Noisee(tm). Further extracts are available as digital shorts, accompanying the London Southbank festival programme. Jean Sibelius hailed from the e~small natione(tm) of Finland. Working in isolation, far from the great artistic capitals of Europe, Ross shows how Sibeliuse(tm)s reinvention of classical forms went on to set the pace for classical composers around the world. Now a major festival running throughout 2013 at Londone(tm)s Southbank, The Rest is Noise is an intricate commentary not just on the sounds that defined the century, but on arte(tm)s troublesome dance with politics, social and cultural change. Alex Ross is the New Yorkere(tm)s music critic, and the winner of the Guardian First Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Rest is Noise, which was also shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson and Pulitzer prizes for non-fiction., In a stressful, turbulent world, sport can be an escape from reality. In fact, sport mirrors the issues and problems of our world today, bearing the imprint of powerful forces of social change. This book offers a sociological perspective for seeing and understanding the place of sport in society and how it is affected by big business and by demographic, cultural, organizational, economic, political, and technological change. Nixon?'s main focus is ?big-time? commercialized and corporate sport, from Little Baseball, Inc. to youth club sports, high school and college athletics, and professional and Olympic sports. He writes vividly of the making and unmaking of heroes and celebrities. Throughout he shows how the combined influence of networks of major sports organizations, media corporations, and corporate sponsors is shaping sport around the world.
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