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Sport social problems and issues / Frank Kew.

By: Kew, Frank.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997Description: x, 179 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0750628928.Subject(s): Sports -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 306.483
Contents:
Part one: Sport as social practice and social institution -- Sport: inside out -- Sports: change and development -- Sports in the marketplace -- The corruption of sports practice -- Part two: Sport and structural inequality -- Sport, racism and ethnicity -- Sport, ability and disability -- Sport and gender -- Sport and social class.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 306.483 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00070091
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 306.483 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00070092
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Sport: Social Problems and Issues provides a detailed analysis and critique of contemporary social problems and issues for the coach, organizer, teacher or student of sport.

Drawing upon perspectives from social science, it examines change and development of modern sport, both nationally and internationally, enabling students and practitioners to address those problems and issues which threaten the integrity of sport.

Frank Kew is the course tutor for the B.A. in Leisure, Recreation and Community at Bradford and Ilkley College and has been an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-175) and index.

Part one: Sport as social practice and social institution -- Sport: inside out -- Sports: change and development -- Sports in the marketplace -- The corruption of sports practice -- Part two: Sport and structural inequality -- Sport, racism and ethnicity -- Sport, ability and disability -- Sport and gender -- Sport and social class.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Sport as social practice and social institution - Sport: inside out
  • Sports: change and development
  • Sports: in the marketplace
  • The corruption of sports practice
  • Sport and structural inequality - Sport, racism and ethnicity
  • Sport, ability and disability
  • Sport and gender
  • Sport and social class

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Frank Kew is the course tutor for the B.A. in Leisure, Recreation and Community at Bradford and Ilkley College and has been an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds.

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