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Sport, culture and society : an introduction

Jarvie, Grant, author.
London ; Routledge, 2018

Bibliographic Information


Format: Book
Author: Jarvie, Grant, 1955-
Subject: Sports
Publication Year:2018
Language:English
Published:London ; Routledge, 2018
ISBN:9781138917514
1138917516
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 522-544) and index.
List of sport in focus boxes -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Sport, theory and the problem of values -- Sport, history and social change -- Sport, economics and wealth, Sport, development and peace -- Sport, politics and culture -- Global sport in a deglobalising world -- Sport, law and governance -- Sport and communities -- Internationalism, reconciliation and sport in the making of nations -- Sport, media and technology -- Sport, social capital and civil society -- Sport and education -- Sport and the environment -- Sport, racisms and ethnicity -- Sport, violence and crime -- Sport and religion -- Sport, gender and sexuality -- Sport and health -- Sport and disability -- Sport, cities, Olympics and major sporting events -- Sport, lifestyles and alternatives? -- Sport, gambling and corruption -- Sport, poverty and homelessness -- Sport, social movements and protest -- Sport, damned nations and cultural relations -- Sport, rights and public action -- Sport for social change -- Sport, advocacy and the public intellectual -- Conclusion: Theses on sport, culture and society.
Course: JOUR231
GEC113
GEC112
GEC110

Availability at HKSYU Library


Location Call number Status
English Book (4/F) 306.483 JAR 2018 Available