This edition uses an issues-oriented approach to study the role of sport in today's society. It discusses current sports-related controversies and includes new material comparing the sociology and psychology of distinguishing the two related disciplines. The book features expanded coverage of critical and feminist theory with the aim of giving a more complete background of viewpoints used in the sociology of sports research. Chapters on sports and socialization look at the experience and consequence of sport involvement and cover concepts of power and performance sports versus pleasure and participation with examples of research dealing with socialization issues.
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Jay Coakley is Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He received his Ph.D and M.A. from the University of Notre Dame in Sociology and received his B.A. from Regis College. He is published in a wide range of journals and has edited several books including the forthcoming Handbook of Sport and Society with Eric Dunning for Sage Publications, and presented numerous papers around the wordl. He has seved on the editorial board for the Sociology of Sport Journal where he was editor for many years. He is currently on the editorial board of the International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
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I am currently taking a grad school course of Sports Ethics and we are using this book as a text. Coakley begins each chapter well using differnt socialogcal schools of thought as a basis for defining the each issue that is presented chapter by chapter. However, the second half of each chapter turns into his own personal treatise on what is wrong with sports in today's society. Although I do commend Coakley on having the guts to let his view be known, I don't feel for a book that is used as a text he presents the argument equally well on each subject.
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deviant overconformity, dominant sport forms, figurational theory, sport participation opportunities, brutal body contact, sport participation patterns, using functionalist theory, study material for this chapter, borderline violence, using conflict theory, gender classification system, heroic orientations, sport ethic, organized youth sport programs, organized youth sports, most sport organizations, varsity sport programs, athletic aid, gay male athletes, organized competitive sports, youth sports today, heavy contact sports, connection with sports, cosmetic fitness, youth sport experiences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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deviant overconformity, dominant sport forms, figurational theory, sport participation opportunities, brutal body contact, sport participation patterns, using functionalist theory, study material for this chapter, borderline violence, using conflict theory, gender classification system, heroic orientations, sport ethic, organized youth sport programs, organized youth sports, most sport organizations, varsity sport programs, athletic aid, gay male athletes, organized competitive sports, youth sports today, heavy contact sports, connection with sports, cosmetic fitness, youth sport experiences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North America, New York, Native Americans, African American, Super Bowl, Jay Coakley, World Cup, Los Angeles, Little League, Society's Online Learning Center, Online Learning Center Resources Visit Sports, World War, Human Kinetics, Michael Jordan, Sports Illustrated, Asian American, Tiger Woods, Colorado Springs Gazette, Gay Games, Soviet Union, Industrial Revolution, Summer Games, Dominant Sport Forms Today, International Olympic Committee New!
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