Sport in a Changing World

2015-12-03 Social Science

Author : Howard L. Nixon
Release : 2015-12-03
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 547/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Sport in a Changing World by : Howard L. Nixon

Download or read book Sport in a Changing World written by Howard L. Nixon. This book was released on 2015-12-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 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.

Sport in a Changing World

2015-11-30 Social Science

Author : Howard L. Nixon
Release : 2015-11-30
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 555/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Sport in a Changing World by : Howard L. Nixon

Download or read book Sport in a Changing World written by Howard L. Nixon. This book was released on 2015-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a stressful, turbulent world, sport 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, organization, economic, political, and technological change. Nixon 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.

Sport in a Changing World

2015-07-24 Social Science

Author : Howard Nixon II
Release : 2015-07-24
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 77X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Sport in a Changing World by : Howard Nixon II

Download or read book Sport in a Changing World written by Howard Nixon II. This book was released on 2015-07-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how the dynamic interplay of a powerful "golden triangle" of sports, media, and business interests with social, cultural, economic, and political forces shapes sport in a changing world. This edition is a condensed and updated version of the first edition, with an emphasis on current social issues in sport. It also has more global content. The golden triangle concept is more developed and applied more extensively. Other key themes of the first edition—power, status, and inequality—are also more developed. New "Stop and Think Questions" have been added to challenge students to think about the meaning of what they have read. The book is now divided into five sections. The new sections highlight sociology and the sociology of sport; inequality and diversity; globalization and social deviance; major social contexts of sport, including the high school, college, and professional levels; and power, political economy, and global sports.

Sport Worlds

2002 Education

Author : Joseph A. Maguire
Release : 2002
Genre : Education
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Book Rating : 726/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Sport Worlds written by Joseph A. Maguire. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text looks at the sociology of sport. Narrative case studies of sports sociology from all over the world provide examples of how to interpret issues in professional and elite sports from a sociological perspective.

Globalizing Sport

2015-11-17 Social Science

Author : George H. Sage
Release : 2015-11-17
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 819/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Globalizing Sport by : George H. Sage

Download or read book Globalizing Sport written by George H. Sage. This book was released on 2015-11-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport is enjoyed by millions of people across the world, and both watching and playing sport constitutes a major part of modern leisure time. But sport is also a huge worldwide industry. In Globalizing Sport, George Sage invites readers to explore a deeper understanding of the global dynamics of sport - not only competitions but of the big businesses of money, media coverage, athletic apparel and more. He shows how phenomena such as migration, labour, commerce and politics affect the athletes and the fans, continually reshaping the business and experience of sport. Globalizing Sport puts sport in its political, economic and social context, revealing its connections with businesses, countries, media outlets and education systems.

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