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Tables of Contents for Understanding Sport
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of illustrations
ix
Acknowledgements
xi
Introduction
xiii
Industrial society, social change and sports culture
1
28
Introduction
1
1
Social change and the cultural implications of change
2
5
The characteristics of pre-industrial and modern sports
7
3
Athleticism and its contribution to the growth of modern sports
10
7
`Teaching the poor how to play'- rational recreation and the struggle over sport
17
5
Conclusions
22
2
Essays and exercises
24
1
Further reading
24
1
References
25
4
Case studies in the growth of modern sports
29
44
Athletics
30
6
Football
36
17
Cricket
53
4
Golf
57
4
Modern sport: the nature of contemporary sports culture and the social influences upon it
61
6
Essays and exercises
67
1
Further reading
67
1
References
68
5
Interpreting the growth of sports: Debates in history and theory
73
22
History and sociology: a creative tension?
73
4
Football in transition - the folk form in Derby
77
3
Interpretations illustrated
80
11
Conclusions
91
1
Essays and exercises
92
1
Further reading
93
1
References
93
2
Social stratification and social division in sport
95
34
Introduction
95
2
Stratified sport: sources of division in modern sport
97
6
Social class
103
7
Gender and sport participation
110
8
Race, black identity and sport
118
3
Conclusions
121
3
Essays and exercises
124
1
Further reading
125
1
References
125
4
Socialisation-social interaction and development
129
32
Introduction
129
1
Socialisation and sport-an overview of research
130
1
What is socialisation?
131
3
Gender socialisation
134
4
Approaches to socialisation
138
3
Sport and character building
141
3
Socialisation through sport
144
4
Informal sports and games and socialisation
148
2
Alternative studies of socialisation through sport
150
2
Socialisation - out of sport?
152
1
Conclusions
153
1
Essays and exercises
154
1
Further reading
155
1
References
155
6
Representation, sport and the media
161
32
Introduction
161
1
Media sport: a brief history
162
2
Time and space
164
2
Media analysis
166
1
Media sport analysis
167
1
Narratives, stars and spectacle
168
2
Ideology, discourse and the body: competitive individualism
170
1
Gender
171
3
Class
174
1
Race
175
2
National identities
177
5
Stars in postmodernity
182
4
Essays and exercises
186
1
Further reading
186
1
References
186
7
Sport, the state and politics
193
30
Introduction
194
1
What makes sport political?
195
3
Power, politics and the state - a conceptual clarification
198
2
Perspectives on the politics of sport
200
9
The politics of sport and sports policy
209
8
Conclusions
217
1
Essays and exercises
218
1
Further reading
219
1
References
219
4
Sport and work
223
36
Introduction
223
1
Sport, work and the economy
224
4
Rewards in sports work
228
3
Equal opportunities in sport?
231
3
The labour process and professional sport
234
2
Role specialisation and the division of labour in team sports
236
3
The sports labour process -- the social position of sports workers
239
3
Competition and control at work and play
242
3
Labour relations in sport
245
6
Professionalisation
251
1
Conclusions
252
3
Essays and exercises
255
1
Further reading
256
1
References
256
3
Commercialisation and the political economy of sport
259
28
The economic development of sport in Britain
260
8
Perspectives on the economic development of sport
268
3
Economic relations
271
5
Globalisation and postmodernity
276
5
Essays and exercises
281
1
Further reading
282
1
References
282
5
Index
287