This vital new Handbook marks the development of sports studies as a major new discipline within the social sciences.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• General Introduction
• Major Perspectives in the Sociology of Sport
• Editors' Introduction
• Functionalism, Sport and Society John W. Loy and Douglas Booth
• Marxist Theories Bero Rigauer
• Cultural Studies and the Sociology of Sport Jennifer Hargreaves and Ian McDonald
• Feminist Theories for Sport Susan Birrell
• Interpretive Approaches to the Sociology of Sport Peter Donnelly
• Figurational Sociology and its Application to Sport Patrick Murphy and Ken Sheard and Ivan Waddington
• Posting Up: French Post-Structuralism and the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Sporting Culture David L. Andrews
• Cross-Disciplinary Differences and Connections
• Editors' Introduction
• The Anthropology of Sport Kendall Blanchard
• Economics and Sport Marc Lavoie
• Human Geography and the Study of Sport John Bale
• Social History and Sport Nancy L. Struna
• The Philosophy of Sport: A Historical and Conceptual Overview and a Conjecture regarding its Future William J. Morgan
• Politics and Sport Barrie Houlihan
• Psychology and the Study of Sport Diane L. Gill
• Key Topics
• Editors' Introduction
• The Development of Modern Sports Allen Guttmann
• Political Economy and Sport George Sage
• Education and Sport C. Roger Rees and Andrew W. Miracle
• Sport and the Media Garry Whannel
• Theorizing Sport, Social Class and Status John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson
• Gender and Sport Nancy Theberge
• Sport, Racism and Ethnicity Grant Jarvie
• Sport and Nationalism Lincoln Allison
• Sport and Globalization Joseph Maguire
• Social Control and Sport D. Stanley Eitzen
• Sport and Violence Kevin Young
• Sport and Health: A Sociological Perspective Ivan Waddington
• Sport and Disability Howard L. Nixon II
• Body Studies in the Sociology of Sport Cheryl L. Cole
• Doping in Sport as Deviant Behavior and its Social Control Günther Lüschen
• Sport and Emotions Mary Duquin
• Management, Organizations and Theory in the Governance of Sport Ian Henry and Eleni Theodoraki
• Emerging Arriving Sport: Alternatives to Formal Sports Robert E. Rinehart
• Sport and Society Research around the Globe
• Editors' Introduction
• Africa Denver J. Hendricks
• Australia and New Zealand Chris Collins
• Eastern Europe Gyöngyi S. Földesi
• France Jacques DeFrance
• Germany Klaus Heinemann
• India Ian McDonald
• Japan Koichi Kiku
• Korea (and South East Asia) Burn-Jang Lim
• Latin America Joseph L. Arbena
• Nordic Countries Kari Fasting and Mari-Kristin Sisjord
• Portugal Salomé Marivoet and Claudia Pinheiro
• Spain Núria Puig