ABSTRACT
The book focuses on the distinctive contribution that Joseph Maguire has made to process sociology and the study of sport. Maguire’s work over the past three decades highlights how process sociology has a unique perspective on the relationship between sport, culture and society, and to the body, globalisation and civilisational analysis.
Reflecting on this body of work and the use of process sociology, Maguire captures the research dynamic of ‘walking the line' between involvement and detachment, theory and observation, and engagement and critique. The book is structured around four broad sections: Theory, Sport and Society; The Meaning of Sport, Body and Society; Case Studies in Sport and Process Sociology; Globalisation, Sport and Civilisational Analysis.
Providing an introduction to, and key examples of, a process sociology approach to the study of sport, the body, civilising processes and globalisation, this book will appeal to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in sport studies / sports science degrees, sociology, cultural studies and to those studying migration, globalisation and cross cultural civilisation relations.
This book was previously published as a Special Issue of Sport in Society.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
part |40 pages
Theory, sport and society
chapter |6 pages
Towards a sociology of sport
chapter |8 pages
Thinking sociologically about sport
chapter |15 pages
The emergence of football spectating as a social problem
part |52 pages
The meaning of sport, body and society
chapter |14 pages
Welcome to the pleasure dome?: emotions, leisure and society
chapter |10 pages
Body matters: theories of the body and the study of sportcultures
part |60 pages
Case studies in sport and process sociology
chapter |13 pages
The global media sports complex: key issues and concerns
chapter |16 pages
Globalization, sport and national identities
chapter |16 pages
Sport, identity politics, gender and globalization
part |59 pages
Globalisation, sport and civilisational analysis