Sport and society: a student introduction/ edited by Barrie Houlihan

Part One Perspectives on Sport; Peter Donnelly Sport and social theory; Barrie Houlihan Politics, power, policy and sport; Martin Polley History and sport; Part Two Structuring Opportunities in Sport; Michael F. Collins Social exclusion from sport and leisure; Paulo David The human rights of young athletes; Tess Kay and Ruth Jeanes Women, sport and gender inequity; Parissa Safai Sport and health; Kevin Young From violence in sport to sports-related violence; Nigel Thomas Sport and disability; Ben Carrington and Ian McDonald The politics of 'race' and sports policy in the United Kingdom; Kathy Armour and David Kirk Physical education and school sport; David Andrews, Michael Silk and Robert Pitter Physical Culture and the Polarized American Metropolis; Part Three The Impact of Commercialisation; Leigh Robinson The business of sport; David Stead Sport and the media; John Amis and Trevor Slack Organisation Theory and the Management of Sport Organisations; Barrie Houlihan Doping and sport; Mike Weed and Guy Jackson The relationship between sport and tourism; Holger Preuss The Olympic Games: winners and losers; Michael F. Collins Sport and recreation and the environment; Part Four International Comparison and Context; Trevor Slack and Milena Parent Sport in North America: The United States and Canada; Murray Phillips and Tara Magdalinski Sport in Australia; Ian P. Henry Sport, the role of the European Union and the decline of the nation state?; Mahfoud Amara An Introduction to the Study of Sport in the Muslim world; Barrie Houlihan Sport and globalisation