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Introducing the broad and complex relationship between sport and society, this exciting new textbook critically examines assumptions about the nature of sport. With the broadest and most rigorous approach of any textbook in this area, it draws on a commanding range of international sources and research material to provide an essential resource for those seeking to understand sport as a social phenomenon. In addition to presenting important new studies of leading-edge topics it offers comprehensive analysis of core issues, including: sport and social change, and the historical development of sport; sport and economics, politics, the environment and the media; gender, race and class; and sport, violence and social control. This resource offers a full range of features to help guide students and lecturers including essay topics, seminar questions, key definitions, extracts from primary sources, extensive case studies, further reading.

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