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Sport,Culture and Society: an Introduction 1111 2 Sport, Culture and Society 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4111 This exciting, accessible introduction to the field of Sports Studies is the most comprehensive 5 guide yet to the relationships between sport, culture and society. Taking an international perspec- 6 tive, Sport, Culture and Society provides students with the insight they need to think critically 7 about the nature of sport. 8 9 I Clearly structured into four parts, each part focussing on a key theme 20111 I Unrivalled coverage of the history, sociology, politics and anthropology of sport 1 I Includes both core topics and new areas for research 2 I Accessible guide to research evidence, including both primary and secondary sources 3 I Draws on original research and new case study material 4 I Authoritative resource materials 5 I Full range of textbook support materials, including revision questions, research project 6 ideas, web links and further reading 7 8 Sport, Culture and Society represents a fundamental text for all students of sport, and sets a 9 new agenda for the field as a whole. 30 1 Professor Grant Jarvie is Chair of Sports Studies and Head of the Department of Sports Studies 2 at the University of Stirling, UK. He is past President of the British Society of Sports History, 3 and past Convenor of the British Sociological Association’s Sport and Leisure Study Group. As 4 a season ticket holder, Grant follows the fortunes of Motherwell Football Club, and enjoys running 5 and the odd game of squash. 6 7 8 9 40 1 2 3 4111 Sport, Culture 1111 2 and Society 3 4 5 6 7 An Introduction 8 9 10111 1 2 Grant Jarvie 3 4111 5 6111 7 8 9 20111 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 First published 2006 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada By Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 2006 Grant Jarvie This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Jarvie, Grant, 1955– Sport, culture and society: an introduction/Grant Jarvie. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Sports – Social aspects. I. Title. GV706.5.J383 2005 306.4′83–dc22 2005015463 ISBN10: 0–415–30646–9 (hbk) ISBN10: 0–415–30647–7 (pbk) ISBN13: 978–0–415–30646–1 (hbk) ISBN13: 978–0–415–30647–8 (pbk) 1111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10111 1 2 To Margaret and David 3 With love 4111 5 6111 7 8 9 20111 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 40 1 2 3 4111 Governments Change, Policies Change But the Need Remains the Same 1111 2 3 4 Contents 5 6 7 8 9 10111 1 2 3 4111 List of boxes ix 5 List of figures x 6111 List of tables xi 7 Acknowledgements xii 8 Glossary xiv 9 20111 Introduction 1 1 2 PART 1 3 The broader context 15 4 5 1 Sport, theory and the problem of values 17 6 2 Sport, history and social change 43 7 3 Sport, politics and culture 65 8 9 PART 2 30 Sport, globalisation and other communities 87 1 2 4 Sport and globalisation 91 3 4 5 Internationalism, reconciliation and sport in the making of nations 109 5 6 Sport, media and television 131 6 7 Sport, law and governance 151 7 8 8 ‘Other’ sporting communities 175 9 40 PART 3 1 Sport, identities and alternative lifestyles 195 2 3 9 Sport, violence and crime 199 4111 10 Sport, body and society 217 vii CONTENTS 11 Sport and the environment 237 12 Sport and religion 253 13 Sport, lifestyles and alternative cultures 267 14 Sport, identities and recognition 283 PART 4 Sport, social division and change 295 15 Sport and social divisions 299 16 Sport, community and social capital 325 17 Sport and social change 341 18 Sport, human rights and poverty 363 Conclusions 381 Bibliography 386 Index 402 viii 1111 2 3 4 Boxes 5 6 7 8 9 10111 1 2 3 4111 2.1 A selected history of some milestones in women’s sport 47 5 4.1 Some characteristics of globalisation and sport 96 6111 5.1 Arguments relating to sport in the making of nations 116 7 5.2 Past and present examples of sport and internationalism 120 8 7.1 Summary of the Bosman ruling 153 9 7.2 Sport and the law 157 20111 7.3 Challenges for global sport 169 1 9.1 Crime prevention through sport and physical activity 206 2 11.1 The Olympic Movement and Agenda 21 246 3 14.1 The relationship between sport and identity 288 4 15.1 Sport and social division 320 5 16.1 Some of the most common characteristics ascribed to the notion of community 328 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 40 1 2 3 4111 ix Figures 3.1 The social co-ordinates of the politics of sport 79 3.2 The social dimensions of the politics of sport 80 10.1 Physical activities, women, body habitus and lifestyles 223 15.1 Sports participation figures relating sport and ethnicity among men over 16 for 1999/2000 314 15.2 Sports participation figures relating sport and ethnicity among women over 16 for 1999/2000 314 x 1111 2 3 4 Tables 5 6 7 8 9 10111 1 2 3 4111 6.1 Sports-related media companies 134 5 6.2 Coverage of sport in the British press 137 6111 7.1 Sports regulation and the market 159 7 7.2 A debate about sporting institutions 165 8 10.1 The body, people and movement 231 9 11.1 Sport and environmentalism at the end of the twentieth century 241 20111 13.1 Alternative versus mainstream sport in the US 270 1 15.1 Sport and social class 302 2 15.2 Sport and gender 307 3 17.1 Socialist Worker Sports International members in 1931 348 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 40 1 2 3 4111 xi Acknowledgements This book has been researched during periods of sabbatical research leave granted by the University of Stirling for which I am extremely grateful. I am lucky to work in such a beautiful and supportive research environment. Different groups of students, colleagues, conference audiences, local sports groups and some Ministers of Sport have been invalu- able in helping me both refine and challenge my thinking on much if not all of the content of this book. The following have kindly granted permission to use either photographic or empirical materials. The Daily Telegraph is to be thanked for providing the photographs presented in chapters 1, 3 and 18 as is Nan Fang Sports for the photographs presented in chapters 4 and 10. Getty Images provided the photographs for Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15 and 16. The National Museum for Scotland provided the photograph for Chapter 2. SportsBusiness has granted permission to present the empirical material in Tables 6.1 and 13.1. Sport Scotland and Sport England are to be thanked for allowing me to publish the empirical data presented in Tables 15.1 and 15.2 and Figures 15.1 and 15.2. The University of Ottawa Press granted permission to include the material presented in Figure 10.1 as did Human Kinetics Press for the material presented in Table 17.1. Like all books this one owes its existence to many people. The book has benefited greatly from various sources of information and inspiration. Samantha Grant and Kate Manson at Routledge have been extremely supportive during some very hard times between 2004 and present. Jacqui Baird and Elza Stewart have been very patient and helpful during the entire project. Barbara Kettlewell and Linda Rankin have helped along the way. Many colleagues at Stirling such as Wray Vamplew, Stephen Morrow, David Bell, Paul Dimeo, Raymond Boyle, Richard Haynes, Fred Coalter, Peter Bilsborough, John Field, Philip Schlesinger and Ian Thomson have either read drafts of various chapters or provided advice on many issues. Outside of the University many people have provided invaluable critical com- ment and intellectual stimulation in relation to the material. Over the years I have been fortunate enough to work with many good people, too many to mention, but in terms of influencing this material either directly or indirectly I should also like to mention Henning Eichberg, Jenny Hargreaves, Ian Henry, Tony Mason, Joe Maguire, Bruce Kidd, George McKinney, Jim Hunter, Donald Meek, Craig Sharp, Sheila Scraton, Alan Bairner, xii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1111 Lindsay Paterson, Alan Tomlinson, Rick Gruneau, Jim Riordan, David McCrone, Hart 2 Cantelon, Graham Walker and Eric Dunning.
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