Handbook of sports studies/ 
edited by Jay Coakley and Eric Dunning. 
 - London :  SAGE,  2000. 
 - xxxviii, 570 p. :  ill., 2 maps ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>PART ONE: MAJOR PERSPECTIVES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT<br/><br/>PART ONE: MAJOR PERSPECTIVES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT<br/>Editors' Introduction<br/>Functionalism, Sport and Society - John W Loy and Douglas Booth<br/>Marxist Theories - Bero Rigauer<br/>Cultural Studies and the Sociology of Sport - Jenny Hargreaves and Ian McDonald<br/>Feminist Theories for Sport - Susan Birrell<br/>Interpretive Approaches to the Sociology of Sport - Peter Donnelly<br/>Figurational Sociology and Its Application to Sport - Patrick Murphy, Ken Sheard and Ivan Waddington<br/>Posting Up - David L Andrews<br/>French Post-Structuralism and the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Sporting Culture<br/><br/>PART TWO: CROSS-DISCIPLINARY DIFFERENCES AND CONNECTIONS<br/>Editors' Introduction<br/>The Anthropology of Sport - Kendall Blanchard<br/>Economics and Sport - Marc Lavoie<br/>Human Geography and the Study of Sports - John Bale<br/>Social History and Sport - Nancy L Struna<br/>The Philosophy of Sport - William J Morgan<br/>A Historical and Conceptual Overview and a Conjecture Regarding Its Future<br/>Politics and Sport - Barrie Houlihan<br/>Psychology and the Study of Sport - Diane L Gill<br/><br/>PART THREE: KEY TOPICS<br/>Editors' Introduction<br/>The Development of Modern Sports - Allen Guttmann<br/>Political Economy and Sport - George Sage<br/>Education and Sport - C Roger Rees and Andrew W Miracle<br/>Sport and the Media - Garry Whannel<br/>Theorizing Sport, Social Class and Status - John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson<br/>Gender and Sport - Nancy Theberge<br/>Sport, Racism and Ethnicity - Grant Jarvie<br/>Sport and Nationalism - Lincoln Allison<br/>Sport and Globalization - Joseph Maguire<br/>Social Control and Sport - D Stanley Eitzen<br/>Sport and Violence - Kevin Young<br/>Sport and Health - Ivan Waddington<br/>A Sociological Perspective<br/>Sport and Disability - Howard L Nixon II<br/>Body Studies in the Sociology of Sport - Cheryl L Cole<br/>Doping in Sport as Deviant Behavior and Its Social Control - G[um]unther L[um]uschen<br/>Sport and Emotions - Mary Duquin<br/>Management, Organizations and Theory in the Governance of Sport - Ian Henry and Eleni Theodoraki<br/>Arriving Sport - Robert Rinehart<br/>Alternatives to Formal Sports<br/><br/>PART FOUR: SPORT AND SOCIETY RESEARCH AROUND THE GLOBE<br/>Editors' Introduction<br/>Africa - Denver J Hendricks<br/>Australia and New Zealand - Chris Collins<br/>Eastern Europe - Gy[um]ongyi S Foldesi<br/>France - Jacques deFrance<br/>Germany - Klaus Heinemann<br/>India - I A McDonald<br/>Japan - Koichi Kiku<br/>Korea (and Southeast Asia) - Burn-Jang Lim<br/>Latin America - Joseph L Arbena<br/>Nordic Countries - Kari Fasting and Mari Kristin Sisjord<br/>Portugal - Salom[ac]e Marivoet and Claudia Pinheiro<br/>Spain - N[ac]uria Puig<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>080397552X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports sciences<br/>Sports--Sociological aspects<br/>Sports--Study and teaching
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>796.017   / COA/H