Handbook of Sports Studies

In addition to constantly revising the text, Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies, Jay Coakley has co-edited with Eric Dunning (University of Loughborough, UK), the Handbook of Sports Studies (Sage Publications, 2000), and with Peter Donnelly, Inside Sports (Routledge, 1999). He has authored over 150 articles and book chapters, primarily on sport, society, and culture. He has lectured worldwide at universities and conferences for professional associations and sports organizations. He was the founding editor of the Sociology of Sport Journal (1983-1989) and serves on the editorial boards of scholarly journals in sociology and kinesiology/physical education. He is past president of the Sport Sociology Academy of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, and of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport; he continues to serve on national and international committees and is currently doing research with colleagues in Slovenia and Brazil, and is working with the newly formed Latin American Association for the Sociocultural Study of Sports. In 2004 Coakley received a service award from the Citizenship Through Sports Alliance; in 2007 he was named one of the “100 Most Influential Sports Educators by the Institute for International Sport and was awarded an honorary fellowship at the University of Chichester (UK). In 2009 Coakley was named to the Hall of Fame of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. He received his M.A. (1970) and Ph.D. (1972) degrees from the University of Notre Dame and currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado.

• PART ONE: MAJOR PERSPECTIVES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORTPART ONE: MAJOR PERSPECTIVES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORTEditors′ IntroductionFunctionalism, Sport and Society - John W Loy and Douglas BoothMarxist Theories - Bero RigauerCultural Studies and the Sociology of Sport - Jenny Hargreaves and Ian McDonaldFeminist Theories for Sport - Susan BirrellInterpretive Approaches to the Sociology of Sport - Peter DonnellyFigurational Sociology and Its Application to Sport - Patrick Murphy, Ken Sheard and Ivan WaddingtonPosting Up - David L AndrewsFrench Post-Structuralism and the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Sporting CulturePART TWO: CROSS-DISCIPLINARY DIFFERENCES AND CONNECTIONSEditors′ IntroductionThe Anthropology of Sport - Kendall BlanchardEconomics and Sport - Marc LavoieHuman Geography and the Study of Sports - John BaleSocial History and Sport - Nancy L StrunaThe Philosophy of Sport - William J MorganA Historical and Conceptual Overview and a Conjecture Regarding Its FuturePolitics and Sport - Barrie HoulihanPsychology and the Study of Sport - Diane L GillPART THREE: KEY TOPICSEditors′ IntroductionThe Development of Modern Sports - Allen GuttmannPolitical Economy and Sport - George SageEducation and Sport - C Roger Rees and Andrew W MiracleSport and the Media - Garry WhannelTheorizing Sport, Social Class and Status - John Sugden and Alan TomlinsonGender and Sport - Nancy ThebergeSport, Racism and Ethnicity - Grant JarvieSport and Nationalism - Lincoln AllisonSport and Globalization - Joseph MaguireSocial Control and Sport - D Stanley EitzenSport and Violence - Kevin YoungSport and Health - Ivan WaddingtonA Sociological PerspectiveSport and Disability - Howard L Nixon IIBody Studies in the Sociology of Sport - Cheryl L ColeDoping in Sport as Deviant Behavior and Its Social Control - G[um]unther L[um]uschenSport and Emotions - Mary DuquinManagement, Organizations and Theory in the Governance of Sport - Ian Henry and Eleni TheodorakiArriving Sport - Robert RinehartAlternatives to Formal SportsPART FOUR: SPORT AND SOCIETY RESEARCH AROUND THE GLOBEEditors′ IntroductionAfrica - Denver J HendricksAustralia and New Zealand - Chris CollinsEastern Europe - Gy[um]ongyi S FoldesiFrance - Jacques deFranceGermany - Klaus HeinemannIndia - I A McDonaldJapan - Koichi KikuKorea (and Southeast Asia) - Burn-Jang LimLatin America - Joseph L ArbenaNordic Countries - Kari Fasting and Mari Kristin SisjordPortugal - Salom[ac]e Marivoet and Claudia PinheiroSpain - N[ac]uria Puig

`This is a book that lacks nothing. It is not only about sport, but the contexts, in which it surfaces, the cultures that encircle it, the forces that unify it and those that tear it apart. Its exemplary organisation provides a framework in which Coakley and Dunning are able to review every known theory, topic and problem - from poststructuralism through gender to violence - relevant to the scholarly analysis of sport. A strong international section collects research findings from around the world. The scope of the Handbook is immense and its detail lavish; yet, its text is economical - almost 700 pages and not a wasted sentence. In short, a champion without challengers′ - Ellis Cashmore Professor of Culture, Media and Sport, Staffordshire University, and author of Making Sense of Sports`This handbook contains useful reviews of major theoretical frameworks and research topics in sports studies - especially sport sociology - written by a star-studded array of internationally recognized experts. The scope and depth of this volume demonstrates the intellectual maturity of this area. Each chapter provides an informative historical context and an organized conceptual framework for making sense of the relevant scholarly literature. The book will be particularly useful to graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and college and university faculty who are seeking to gain rapid, informed access to the literature′ - Janet C Harris, California State University