A sociological perspective of sport - Softcover

Wilbert Marcellus Leonard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0808738631 ISBN 13: 9780808738633

Publisher: Burgess Pub. Co

Synopsis

Book by Leonard, Wilbert Marcellus

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A Sociological Perspective of Sport, Fifth Edition offers a comprehensive look at the social world of sport. The text is organized to show how sport is a vital component of major sociological concepts such as culture, social organization, socialization, deviance, small groups, collective behavior, mass media, and institutional interrelationships (education, politics, and religion). Chapters move from the "macro" perspective to the "micro" view to make the connection between sport and society clear. A Sociological Perspective of Sport is based on three central themes: sport is a social institution worthy of sociological examination like the more traditional institutions of marriage/family, politics, economy, religion, law, health/medicine, science, and education; sport is a microcosm of the larger society and as such reflects and reinforces the dominant ideology; and numerous institutional connections between sport and other societal institutions make it impossible for changes in one sphere not to have reverberating effects in all spheres.

About the Author:

Leonard of Illinois State University

About this edition

• Publisher: Burgess Pub. Co
• ISBN 10: 0808738631
• ISBN 13: 9780808738633
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2