Sociology of sport in the balance: Critical reflections on some recent and more enduring trends
dc.contributor.author | Dunning, Eric | * |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-06-01T12:00:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-06-01T12:00:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sport in Society, 7(1), 2004, pp. 1-24 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1461-0981 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1743-0445 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/1461098042000220164 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10034/69477 | |
dc.description | This article is not available through ChesterRep. | |
dc.description.abstract | In his book Sociology in the Balance, the Dutch sociologist Johan Goudsblom attempted an overview of the development of sociology as a whole. This essay sets out ot provide a similar stocktaking of the sociology of sport. Its objectives are threefold: to mark any advances in knowledge which have been mae in the field in the century which recently drew to a close; toprovide a guide to the principal conflicts and difficulties which have arisen in the field; and to scholars to some of the mistakes that have been made and some of the recipes that been advocated for avoiding them. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | |
dc.relation.url | http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14610981.asp | en |
dc.subject | sociology of sport | en |
dc.title | Sociology of sport in the balance: Critical reflections on some recent and more enduring trends | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.department | University of Leicester | |
dc.identifier.journal | Sport in Society | en |
html.description.abstract | In his book Sociology in the Balance, the Dutch sociologist Johan Goudsblom attempted an overview of the development of sociology as a whole. This essay sets out ot provide a similar stocktaking of the sociology of sport. Its objectives are threefold: to mark any advances in knowledge which have been mae in the field in the century which recently drew to a close; toprovide a guide to the principal conflicts and difficulties which have arisen in the field; and to scholars to some of the mistakes that have been made and some of the recipes that been advocated for avoiding them. |