ABSTRACT

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.

part |3 pages

Part One: Sport as Social Practice and Social Institution

chapter 1|10 pages

Sport: inside out

chapter 2|17 pages

Sports: change and development

chapter 3|24 pages

Sports in the marketplace

chapter 4|26 pages

The corruption of sports practice

part |3 pages

Part Two: Sport and Structural Inequality

chapter 5|21 pages

Sport, racism and ethnicity

chapter 6|16 pages

Sport, ability and disability

chapter 7|19 pages

Sport and gender

chapter 8|18 pages

Sport and social class