Studying sport in society Research Completed

Title

Studying sport in society

Lead Author

C Collins

Organisation(s)

University of Otago

Publication Year

2007

Publisher

In C. Collins & S. Jackson (Eds.), Sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand society (2nd ed., pp. 2-22). South Melbourne: Thomson.

Contacts

Abstract

In this chapter, the author considers: the significance of sport in contemporary life; ways in which sport is inter-connected with ‘social institutions’; defining sport; the connection between sport and ideology; the way in which sport is increasingly becoming inter-connected with commercial interests and activities; and what is meant by ‘sport as a social construction’

Keywords:

identity, management, politics, rugby, social capital, sports

Areas of Focus

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December 14, 2011