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Traceable as far back as the work of the path-breaking ???Chicago
School??? of Sociology in the 1920s and 1930s, ???subculture??? and
???counterculture??? have long been conceptual staples of the
discipline. Implemented originally to designate and describe
smaller, often deviant or delinquent, groups within larger social
communities, the terms gained pace in their use in mid-twentieth
century criminological research, and especially with the
development of Cultural Studies in the United Kingdom in the 1970s,
where they became widely used to describe processes of social
class-based opposition, resistance and protest. More recently,
sociologists have moved beyond a strict conformity-resistance model
in accounting for the behaviour of sub-communities that coalesce
around particular values, behaviours, or preferences. Indeed,
contemporary sociological research has raised the possibility that
the term ???subculture??? in particular may have entirely outgrown
its usefulness. While the term ???counterculture??? has also
languished, there is no doubt that the sorts of social groups to
which these terms have historically referred are more extensive and
colourful than ever. Certainly this is the case in sport. Put
simply, all societies are replete with their own versions of
???Tribal Play??? which encompass and represent wider social
patterns, processes, and struggles.
This volume is a collection of 16 readings on aspects of
sub-community life in sport that showcases the breadth and depth of
sport subcultural research by a group of international scholars
representing varied theoretical and methodological orientations.
Some of the sport communities examined include soccer hooligans,
enduranceathletes, disabled athletes, environmentally conscious
surfers, and X-Games participants. This fourth volume in the
Research in the Sociology of Sport series is edited by two
sociologists whose academic training, research and teaching span
three of the subdisciplines in which the concepts of
???subculture??? and ???counterculture??? have been most avidly
used and critically tested (Criminology/Youth/Sport), and whose
???subcultural??? ventures both in sport and as sociologists are
extensive. Michael Atkinson is Senior Lecturer in the School of
Sport and Exercise Sciences at Loughborough University in the UK,
and Kevin Young is Professor of Sociology at the University of
Calgary, Canada.
While many analysts emphasize Trump's uniqueness, he can also be
viewed as a symptom of a deeper systemic crisis. This collection
examines the roots, impacts, and future prospects of Trumpism as
well as the possibilities for combatting it. Chapters analyze the
role of racism and xenophobia, evangelical religion, and elite
support in enabling Trump's political ascent, demonstrating how
both his demagogic style and his policies draw from the historic
repertoire of the Right. The authors also trace the impacts of his
presidency on inequality, health, ecological destruction, and U.S.
empire. As far-right forces cement their hold on the Republican
Party, and as the Democratic Party appears unable to stop them,
what lies ahead? The authors argue that confronting Trumpism
requires a frontal attack on the conditions that incubated the
monster.
Conflicts over subterranean resources, particularly tin, oil, and
natural gas, have driven Bolivian politics for nearly a century.
"Resource nationalism"-the conviction that resource wealth should
be used for the benefit of the "nation"-has often united otherwise
disparate groups, including mineworkers, urban workers, students,
war veterans, and middle-class professionals, and propelled an
indigenous union leader, Evo Morales, into the presidency in 2006.
Blood of the Earth reexamines the Bolivian mobilization around
resource nationalism that began in the 1920s, crystallized with the
1952 revolution, and continues into the twenty-first century.
Drawing on a wide array of Bolivian and US sources, Kevin A. Young
reveals that Bolivia became a key site in a global battle among
economic models, with grassroots coalitions demanding nationalist
and egalitarian alternatives to market capitalism. While
US-supported moderates within the revolutionary regime were able to
defeat more radical forces, Young shows how the political culture
of resource nationalism, though often comprising contradictory
elements, constrained government actions and galvanized
mobilizations against neoliberalism in later decades. His
transnational and multilevel approach to the 1952 revolution
illuminates the struggles among Bolivian popular sectors,
government officials, and foreign powers, as well as the competing
currents and visions within Bolivia's popular political cultures.
Offering a fresh appraisal of the Bolivian Revolution, resource
nationalism, and the Cold War in Latin America, Blood of the Earth
is an ideal case study for understanding the challenges shared by
countries across the Global South.
In this tenth and celebratory volume in the Research in the
Sociology of Sport series, ten recognized and influential sport
scholars from around the world reflect on their respective academic
journeys. They each address ten salient questions summarizing their
career and their view of the current and future status of the
sociology of sport. Each chapter addresses four main themes: About
the author: who are your mentors and influential figures? What is
your research trajectory? About sport: why does sport matter? How
should sport be studied? Is sport a panacea for social problems?
About practising sociology of sport: is teaching sociology of sport
easy? Do sociologists like sport? Is the sociologist of sport a
'public intellectual? About sociology of sport in the academy: does
sociology of sport face institutional or industry barriers? What is
the future of the sociology of sport? While the ten questions are
salient for everyone in the academy irrespective of field of study,
they seem particularly trenchant for sociologists of sport as the
subfield reaches a chronological milestone and continues to undergo
its own 'growing pains' and maturation. Following quickly on the
heels of, and conceptually tied to, Volume 9 (Sociology of Sport: A
Global Subdiscipline in Review), Volume 10 now completes the
'double celebration' of this book series as the sociology of sport
subfield turns 50.
The Sociology of Sport has grown since its inception in the late
1950s and has become robust, and diverse. Many countries now boast
strong scholars in the field and this volume reflects the
fascinating research being done. This innovative volume is
dedicated to a review of the state of the area by region, and
country in some cases. For instance, Latin America is expanding
widely in the field, and Korea and Japan have had vibrant Sociology
of Sport communities for some time.
In recent years, sport has attracted considerable attention as an
effective means of combating such local and global issues as war
and conflict, poverty, ethnic reconciliation, and gender conflicts.
Sport has been shown to be an effective tool or triggering device
compared to the other development sectors, especially when donors
can apply grassroots activities to the development contexts in
thoughtful and continuing ways. This book fills the gap in this
critical topic- that will only grow more important as governments,
sport and national organizations direct more funds towards forms of
play, PE and sport in the hope that these will represent one way of
coalescing communities and assist development and peace. This
volume is part of the early serious and systematic inquiry into
this issue. In addition to showcasing some of the most recognized
names in the research subfield of Sociology of Sport, the book
draws upon an international roster of global contributors. The
empirical focus of the chapters spans from Africa to Asia. Further,
these chapters represent three groups - theory and philosophy,
empirical research in actual 'on-the-ground' case studies, and
those using circumspection and care to construct cases regarding
measurement and evaluation.
Research on Indigenous participation in sport offers many
opportunities to better understand the political issues of
equality, empowerment, self-determination and protection of culture
and identity. This volume compares and conceptualises the
sociological significance of Indigenous sports in different
international contexts. The contributions, all written by
Indigenous scholars and those working directly in Indigenous/Native
Studies units, provide unique studies of contemporary experiences
of Indigenous sports participation. The papers investigate current
understandings of Indigeneity found to circulate throughout sports,
sports organisations and Indigenous communities. by (1): situating
attitudes to racial and cultural difference within the broader
sociological processes of post colonial Indigenous worlds (2):
interrogating perceptions of Indigenous identity with reference to
contemporary theories of identity drawn from Indigenous Studies and
(3): providing insight to increased Indigenous participation,
empowerment and personal development through sport with reference
to sociological theory.
This volume takes a fresh approach to qualitative research on sport
and physical culture by presenting "student friendly" engaging
chapters that clearly articulate the significance and practice of
qualitative and/or critical methods in plain and convincing
language. It outlines contemporary, cutting-edge approaches in
qualitative research methods that students in undergraduate
programs in sociology and sociology of sport, as well as, for
instance, sport, exercise, kinesiology, or health, can understand
clearly. Chapters revolve around one principal method in
qualitative methodology, and look at why certain methodological
choices were made, what problems were faced, and how these were
overcome. Classic issues in methodology, contemporary issues in
research methods and innovative trends in qualitative research are
addressed through case study examples from emerging and exciting
areas of research in sport studies. Topics covered include:
historical methods; ethnography; auto-ethnography; embodied
methods; interviewing; narratives; participatory action methods;
interpretative phenomenological analysis; media analysis; and
visual methods.
Public awareness of and sensitivity to questions of pain, risk and
injury in sport is more acute than ever before. Whether it is
questions of what sport (and fans) can realistically and
responsibly expect of athletes, how revered practices almost
inevitably culminate in suffering bodies, or the widespread
attention being paid to injury outcomes (especially concussion), it
is clear that sport in many settings currently operates in a
climate that is both more scientifically and medically aware and
more sensitive to risk 'outcomes'. This volume closely explores the
full panorama of pain, risk and injury in the cultural,
organizational and legal orbits of sport spaces. Aimed at students,
researchers as well as applied professionals, the volume sets the
cultural, structural and organizational context that gives rise to
pain, risk and injury in the first place, provides substantive
empirical examples from diverse sports arenas, looks at the key
issues and dimensions of pain, risk and injury in the social
consciousness today, and explores three different 'spins' on making
sense of the subject matter -- from the position of the issue of
consent and the courts, from the position of exploitation and
corporate victimization, and from the understudied position of why
athletes exit sport as an outcome of pain and injury and with what
consequences. This timely and needed addition to the sport
literature is an exciting 'on-the-bubble' treatment of a topic that
is increasingly troubling authorities and affecting how and whether
sport is undertaken.
In contrast to other disciplines in the sport sciences, the
sociological study of risk, pain and injury is quite new. Over the
last decade, however, sociologists have begun to show that pain and
injury are not solely experienced in physical and medical terms,
and an impressive corpus of knowledge is beginning to emerge. To
date the breadth and depth of this knowledge has not been brought
together in any systematic way. As the second volume in the
"Research in the Sociology of Sport" series, "Sporting Bodies,
Damaged Selves: Sociological Studies of Sports-Related Injury"
attempts to reflect the cutting-edge research in the area from
several countries in terms of causes, experiences, and outcomes of
sport-related pain and injury.
The Olympic Games have become a subject of major importance to
students, academics, sports bodies, politicians, urban planners,
and the public at large. The Olympic Rings are among the most
recognised symbols in the world, and there are few other cultural
phenomena that attract such a significant following in the popular
media or such widespread support among the nations of the world.
"Global Olympics: Historical and Sociological Studies of the Modern
Games" draws together some of the world's leading scholars on
critical issues emerging from ancient Olympic contests, and over
one hundred years of modern Olympic history. A wide range of
expertise permits the authors to address these issues from varied
perspectives, while encompassing an in-depth assessment of the
current literature and debates on the Olympics. This book will
serve as an interdisciplinary resource for undergraduate and
graduate students alike, as well as for the growing cohort of
researchers interested in understanding and explaining the
historical and sociological significance of the Games.
It's no secret that the 1%-the business elite that commands the
largest corporations and the connected network of public and
private institutions-exercise enormous control over the US
government. While this control is usually attributed to campaign
donations and lobbying, Levers of Power argues that corporate power
derives from control over the economic resources on which daily
life depends. Government officials must constantly strive to keep
capitalists happy, lest they go on "capital strike"-that is, refuse
to invest in particular industries or locations, or move their
holdings to other countries-and therefore impose material hardship
on specific groups or the economy as a whole. For this reason, even
politicians who are not dependent on corporations for their
electoral success must fend off the interruption of corporate
investment. Levers of Power documents the pervasive power of
corporations and other institutions with decision-making control
over large pools of capital, particularly the Pentagon. It also
shows that the most successful reform movements in recent US
history-for workers' rights, for civil rights, and against
imperialist wars-succeeded by directly targeting the corporations
and other institutional adversaries that initiated and benefitted
from oppressive policies. Though most of today's social movements
focus on elections and politicians, movements of the 99% are most
effective when they inflict direct costs on corporations and their
allied institutions. This strategy is also more conducive to
building a revolutionary mass movement that can replace current
institutions with democratic alternatives.
Conflicts over subterranean resources, particularly tin, oil, and
natural gas, have driven Bolivian politics for nearly a century.
“Resource nationalism”—the conviction that resource wealth
should be used for the benefit of the “nation”—has often
united otherwise disparate groups, including mineworkers, urban
workers, students, war veterans, and middle-class professionals,
and propelled an indigenous union leader, Evo Morales, into the
presidency in 2006. Blood of the Earth reexamines the Bolivian
mobilization around resource nationalism that began in the 1920s,
crystallized with the 1952 revolution, and continues into the
twenty-first century. Drawing on a wide array of Bolivian and US
sources, Kevin A. Young reveals that Bolivia became a key site in a
global battle among economic models, with grassroots coalitions
demanding nationalist and egalitarian alternatives to market
capitalism. While US-supported moderates within the revolutionary
regime were able to defeat more radical forces, Young shows how the
political culture of resource nationalism, though often comprising
contradictory elements, constrained government actions and
galvanized mobilizations against neoliberalism in later decades.
His transnational and multilevel approach to the 1952 revolution
illuminates the struggles among Bolivian popular sectors,
government officials, and foreign powers, as well as the competing
currents and visions within Bolivia’s popular political cultures.
Offering a fresh appraisal of the Bolivian Revolution, resource
nationalism, and the Cold War in Latin America, Blood of the Earth
is an ideal case study for understanding the challenges shared by
countries across the Global South.
It's no secret that the 1%-the business elite that commands the
largest corporations and the connected network of public and
private institutions-exercise enormous control over the US
government. While this control is usually attributed to campaign
donations and lobbying, Levers of Power argues that corporate power
derives from control over the economic resources on which daily
life depends. Government officials must constantly strive to keep
capitalists happy, lest they go on "capital strike"-that is, refuse
to invest in particular industries or locations, or move their
holdings to other countries-and therefore impose material hardship
on specific groups or the economy as a whole. For this reason, even
politicians who are not dependent on corporations for their
electoral success must fend off the interruption of corporate
investment. Levers of Power documents the pervasive power of
corporations and other institutions with decision-making control
over large pools of capital, particularly the Pentagon. It also
shows that the most successful reform movements in recent US
history-for workers' rights, for civil rights, and against
imperialist wars-succeeded by directly targeting the corporations
and other institutional adversaries that initiated and benefitted
from oppressive policies. Though most of today's social movements
focus on elections and politicians, movements of the 99% are most
effective when they inflict direct costs on corporations and their
allied institutions. This strategy is also more conducive to
building a revolutionary mass movement that can replace current
institutions with democratic alternatives.
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