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Social issues in sport / Ronald B. Woods. - Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2007. - xiv, 369 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-360) and index.

What is sport and why do we study it? -- How do we study sport? -- Participants versus spectators -- Business of sport -- Media and sport -- Youth sport -- Interscholastic and intercollegiate sport -- International sport -- Olympic movement -- Sporting behavior -- Race, ethnicity, and sport -- Women and sport -- Social class and sport -- Special populations and sport -- Religion and sport -- Politics and sport -- Deviance and sport -- Coaching sport -- Future trends in sport.

0736058729 (soft cover) 9780736058728 (soft cover)

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Sports--Social aspects.
Sports--Sociological aspects.

GV706.5 / .W655 2007

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