Sport, Theory and Social Problems
A Critical Introduction
by Eric Anderson, Adam White
2nd Edition
Publisher: Routledge
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781138699908 |
| eText ISBN | 9781315515793 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publishing Year | 2017 |
| Edition | 2nd Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 208 |
Sport, Theory and Social Problems: A Critical Introduction, 2nd Edition, is a textbook that investigates how the culture and structure of organized athletics foster inequality, injury, and complicity with authority. It focuses primarily on non-elite levels of play across Anglo-American nations.
The text employs a research-led approach to examine how hyper-competitive sporting cultures advance dynamics of power, patriarchy, and pain. It addresses widespread institutional issues, including social class stratification, racial subordination, and the marginalization of women.
To guide students, each chapter integrates at least one accessible, pragmatic social theory. These frameworks are infused across every chapter to help learners develop a deeper understanding of sporting practices and social problems.
Table of Contents
Chapter Introduction: Introduction
Chapter 1: Why we overly value organized, competitive team sport
Chapter 2: Sport's use in teaching obedience to authority and thus complicity with abuse
Chapter 3: Learning to accept, inflict, and enjoy violence and injury
Chapter 4: Head games
- • Brain injuries and youth sport
Chapter 5: The governance of youth sport
- • Rights, representation, and consent
Chapter 6: Sport's use in the maintenance of class
Chapter 7: Sport's use in stratifying men
Chapter 8: Sport's use in marginalizing women
Chapter 9: Sport's use in subordinating racial minorities
Chapter 10: Sport's use in excluding, reproducing stereotypes, and othering
Chapter 11: Changing sport
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