Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport by Richard Giulianotti

Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport by Richard Giulianotti

The sociology of sport is a core discipline within the academic study of sport. It helps us to understand what sport is and why it matters. Sociological knowledge, implicit or explicit, therefore underpins scholarly enquiry into sport in every aspect. The Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport is a landmark publication that brings together the most important themes, theories and issues within the sociology of sport, tracing the contours of the discipline and surveying the state-of-the-art.

Part One explores the main theories and analytical approaches that define contemporary sport sociology and introduces the most important methodological issues confronting researchers working in the social scientific study of sport. Part Two examines the connections and divisions between sociology and cognate disciplines within sport studies, including history, anthropology, economics, leisure and tourism studies, philosophy, politics and psychology. Part Three investigates how the most important social divisions within sport, and in wider society, are addressed in sport sociology, including ‘race‘, gender, class, sexuality and disability. Part Four explores a wide range of pressing contemporary issues associated with sport, including sport and the body, social problems associated with sport, sport places and settings, and the global aspects of sport.

Written by a team of leading international sport scholars, including many of the most well-known, respected and innovative thinkers working in the discipline, the Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport is an essential reference for any student, researcher or professional with an interest in sport.

Selected for the Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) Award 2017 by CHOICE magazine

‘This handbook joins an increasingly crowded market of advanced primers devoted to introducing students to the critical study of sport as social and cultural phenomenon. As the writing and thinking in these pages demonstrates, Giulianotti has assembled a group of world-class contributors … In sum, an outstanding and exhaustive collection …It is required reading for early-career scholars seeking a survey of the theoretical foundations of the sociology of sport … Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.’ - J. Newman, CHOICE

Richard Giulianotti is Professor of Sociology at Loughborough University, UK, and also Professor II at Telemark University College, Norway. His main research interests are in the fields of sport, globalization, development and peace, sport mega-events, crime and deviance, cultural identities, and qualitative methods. He has headed several projects on these subjects, funded by the UK ESRC, European Commission, and Nuffield Foundation. He is author of the books Football: A Sociology of the Global Game (1999), Sport: A Critical Sociology (2005, revised 2015), Ethics, Money and Sport (with A.J. Walsh, 2007), Globalization and Football (with R. Robertson, 2009), and Hooligans e Oligarchi: L’invenzione del Calcio Globale (2015). He has guest co-edited special issues of British Journal of Sociology, Global Networks, and Urban Studies, edited a further dozen books, and published numerous articles in international journals and edited collections. His work has been translated and published in eleven languages

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ISBN 13	9781138308527
ISBN 10	1138308528
Title	Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport
Author	Richard Giulianotti
Series	Routledge International Handbooks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2017-06-21
Number of pages	468
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