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This book examines the phenomenon of athlete activism across all levels of sport, from elite and international sport, to collegiate and semi-pro, and asks what this tells us about the relationship between sport and wider society. With contributions from scholars around the world, the book presents a series of fascinating case studies, including the activism of world-famous athletes such as Serena Williams, Megan Rapinoe and Raheem Sterling. Covering a broad range of sports, from the National Football League (NFL) and Australian Rules, to fencing and the Olympic Games, the book sheds important light on some of the most important themes in the study of sport, including gender, power, racism, intersectionality and the rise of digital media. It also considers the financial impact on athletes when they take a stand and the psychological impact of activism and how that might relate to sports performance. It has never been the case that ‘sport and politics don’t mix’, and now, more than ever, the opposite is true. This is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the politics or sociology of sport, the politics of protest, social movements or media studies.

Sports --- Political aspects. --- Field sports --- Pastimes --- Recreations --- Recreation --- Athletics --- Games --- Outdoor life --- Physical education and training --- Sport: general

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The role of sport in development initiatives has grown dramatically over the last five years, now finding a place in the UN's millennium development goals. In Sport and Development for Peace , Simon Darnell outlines the most recent sociological research on the role of sport in development initiatives. The book analyses the relationship between sport and international development and looks at what this reveals about socio-political economy. It addresses a gap in the literature by focusing on issues of politics, power and culture, particularly looking at volunteer experience, mega-sporting event

Sports --- Field sports --- Pastimes --- Recreations --- Recreation --- Athletics --- Games --- Outdoor life --- Physical education and training --- Sociological aspects --- Economic aspects --- Political aspects

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La revue Sciences Sociales et Sports est conjointement animée par la Société de Sociologie du Sport de Langue Française (3SLF) et la Société Française d’Histoire du Sport (SFHS). Elle publie des compte-rendus de recherches sociologiques, historiques, anthropologiques, sur les activités physiques et sportives, que ces pratiques soient organisées sur le patron compétitif classique, ou qu’elles relèvent des activités physiques à buts divers (utilitaires, réparatrices, ludiques ou artistiques). Toutes les orientations théoriques sont accueillies, ainsi que les approches situées au sein de spécialités à l’intérieur des sciences sociales (sociologie économique, géopolitique, etc.).

Sports --- Sociological aspects --- Sociological aspects. --- Field sports --- Pastimes --- Recreations --- Recreation --- Athletics --- Games --- Outdoor life --- Physical education and training --- Sociology of sports --- Sociology

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'Sport' and 'religion' are cultural institutions with a global reach. Each is characterised by ritualised performance and by the ecstatic devotion of its followers, whether in the sports arena or the cathedral of worship. This fascinating collection is the first to examine, in detail, the relationship between these two cultural institutions from an international, religiously pluralistic perspective. It illuminates the role of sport and religion in the social formation of collective groups, and explores how sport might operate in the service of a religious community.The book offers a series

Sports --- Religious aspects --- Field sports --- Pastimes --- Recreations --- Recreation --- Athletics --- Games --- Outdoor life --- Physical education and training --- muscular --- christianity --- promise --- keepers --- young --- womens --- hebrew --- association --- northern --- ireland

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Der Körper wird gegenwärtig in der Architektur seiner Formen und in der Tiefe seiner Strukturen und Prozesse neu definiert und erkundet. Karl-Heinrich Bette zeigt in seiner inzwischen zum Standardwerk der Soziologie des Körpers avancierten Arbeit, wie immer mehr Menschen im Rahmen von Sport, Freizeit, Mode, Gesundheitsorientierung oder Protestkultur auf ihre physisch-organische Nahwelt zurückgreifen, um die überfordernden Konsequenzen des gesellschaftlichen Modernisierungsprozesses abzufangen oder kritisch zu kommentieren. Die zentrale Perspektive der Arbeit wendet sich ab von der nostalgischen und zu einfach konzipierten Lehre vom reinen Verlust des Körpers in der Moderne und betont stattdessen die paradoxe Gleichzeitigkeit von Körperdistanzierung und Körperaufwertung im Verlauf der sozio-kulturellen Evolution. Die Arbeit thematisiert damit nicht nur Zeichen, die die Gesellschaft am Körper setzt, sondern folgt auch jenen Spuren, die der Körper in Gestalt körperorientierter Sozialsysteme und Semantiken in der Gesellschaft hinterlässt. Die »Körperspuren« liegen hier in einer überarbeiteten und erheblich ergänzten zweiten Auflage vor. Besprochen in: Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung, 3/9 (2006), Stefan Etgeton

Sociology --- Sociology. --- Sport. --- Systems Theory. --- Human body --- Sports --- Social aspects. --- Field sports --- Pastimes --- Recreations --- Recreation --- Athletics --- Games --- Outdoor life --- Physical education and training --- Körper; Körpersoziologie; Sport; Systemtheorie; Soziologie; Body; Systems Theory; Sociology