Sport sociology has a responsibility to engage critically with the
accepted wisdom of those who govern and promote sport. This
challenging collection of international research is a clear call for
enacting the transformation of sport. The contributing authors argue
that it is not enough to merely advocate for change. Rather, they
insist that scholars need to take an active political stance when
conducting research with the explicit purpose of attempting to
transform the practices, structures, and the ways in which knowledge
is produced about sport. By exposing and challenging the power
relations which perpetuate discrimination and inequality within sport,
it becomes possible to catalyse wider societal changes. Drawing on a
diversity of topics including sport for development and peace,
transnational feminism, disability sport, refugees and football
activism, FIFA, the Olympics, sports journalism and digital sports
media, this book makes a case for sport sociology as an agent of
positive change in the hierarchies and institutional structures of
contemporary sport. Transforming Sport: Knowledges, Practices,
Structures provides valuable insights for all students and scholars
interested in the sociology of sport and its transformative potential.
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ISBN
9781351684378
Publisert
2018
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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