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Sport, Violence and Society.
Is violence an intrinsic component of contemporary sport? How does violence within sport reflect upon the attitudes of wider society? In this landmark study of violence in and around contemporary sport, Kevin Young offers the first comprehensive sociological analysis of an issue of central importanc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & amp; Francis,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- SPORT, VIOLENCE AND SOCIETY; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 A history of violence: definitions, theories and perspectives; 2 Player violence: the drift to criminalization; 3 Crowd violence: from hooliganism to post-event riots; 4 Formations of sports-related violence: widening the focus; 5 Risk, pain and injury in sport: a cause or effect of violence?; 6 Sport in the panopticon: the social control of SRV; 7 An eye on SRV: the role of the media; 8 Stratified SRV: stasis and change; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index.