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"This volume is a one-of-a-kind contribution to applied social science and the product of a long collaboration between an established, interdisciplinary sociologist and a successful banking executive. Together, Neil Smelser and John Reed use a straightforward approach to presenting substantive social science knowledge and indicate its relevance and applicability to decision-making, problem-solving and policy-making. Among the areas presented are space-and-time coordinates of social life; cognition and bias; group and network effects; the role of sanctions; organizational dynamics; and macro-changes associated with economic development. Finally, the authors look at the big picture of why society at large demands and needs social-science knowledge, and how the academy actually supplies relevant knowledge."--

Preliminary Material -- THE OBJECT AND METHOD OF SOCIAL SCIENCE -- THE OBJECTIVE ELEMENTS OF PROGRESS -- THE PROBLEM OF CONDUCT -- EVOLUTION IN PROGRESS -- SOCIAL SPACE -- SOCIAL FABRICS -- POLITICAL UNITY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS -- COUNTEREVOLUTION -- A FRAGMENT ON EVOLUTION AND COUNTEREVOLUTION IN THEIR THEOLOGICAL SENSE -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR -- INDEX -- VIBS.

Introduction: Making the Case for the Social Sciences of Sport, Exercise, and Health ; The Sport Ethic and the Natural Sciences ; Proposing a Human Development Model -- Part I. Identity: Definitions, Development, and the Individual -- Chapter 1. History of Sport / Wray Vamplew, PhD ; Relationships With Other Disciplines ; Core Concepts ; Main Theoretical Perspectives ; Critical Findings ; Key Debates ; Summary -- Chapter 2. Philosophy of Sport / Sigmund Loland, PhD, and Michael McNamee, PhD ; Historical Overview of the Discipline ; Main Theoretical Perspectives ; Key Debates ; Future Directions ; Summary -- Chapter 3. Psychology of Sport / David Lavallee, PhD, John Kremer, PhD, and Aidan Moran, PhD ; Core Concepts ; Main Theoretical Perspectives ; Critical Findings ; Key Debates ; Summary -- Part II. Community: Place, Space, Image, and the Social -- Chapter 4. Anthropology of Sport / Alan Klein, PhD ; Foundations in Sociocultural Anthropology ; Post-1970: The Athletic El Dorado and the Anthropologists Who Seek Him ; Looking Outward ; Summary -- Chapter 5. Sociology of Sport / Joseph Maguire, PhD ; Historical Development and Core Concepts ; Main Theoretical Perspectives ; A Sociological Account of Sport: Critical Findings ; Future Directions and Key Debates ; Summary -- Chapter 6. Geography of Sport / Christopher Gaffney, PhD ; Historical Trajectory of the Geography of Sport ; Core Concepts ; Main Theoretical Perspectives ; Key Debates and Critical Findings ; Future Directions ; Summary -- Chapter 7. Media Studies and Sport / David Rowe, PhD ; Historical Connections and Questions in Media Studies ; Understanding Media: Core Concepts ; Media Powers and Routines: Main Theoretical Perspectives ; Critical Findings and Key Debates in Sport and Media ; Conclusion: Sport and Media Studies in Transition -- Part III. Capital: Wealth, Power, and Resources -- Chapter 8. Economics and Sport / Stefan Szymanski, PhD ; Professional League Model: Theory and Policy ; Productivity Studies ; Economic Impact: Measurement, Theory, and Policy ; Sport, Physical Activity, and Well-Being ; Illustrations of Economic Issues ; Conclusions -- Chapter 9. Political Science and Sport / Jonathan Grix, PhD ; Core Concepts in Political Science ; Study of Sport and Politics ; Research Paradigms and Theoretical Perspectives in Political Science ; Applying Political Science and Sport: The Governance of Sport and the Politics of Mega-Events ; Summary -- Chapter 10. International Relations and Sport / Roger Levermore, PhD, and Aaron Beacom, PhD ; Core Concepts and Main Theoretical Perspectives ; Critical Findings and Key Debates ; Summary -- Part IV. Governance: Regulation, Organization, and Implementation -- Chapter 11. Sport and the Law / Deborah Healey, LLB, LLM (Hons) ; The Global Organization and Regulation of Sport ; Overview: The Place of Law in Sport ; Are the Courts Always Interested in Sport? ; Governance ; Aspects of Industry Self-Regulation in Sport ; Summary -- Chapter 12. Sport and Social Policy / Ramoń Spaaij, PhD ; Discipline of Social Policy: A Historical Overview ; Main Theoretical Perspectives ; Key Concepts ; Key Debates ; Summary -- Chapter 13. Sport and Management Studies / Lucie Thibault, PhD ; Sport as a Unique Industry ; Historical Overview ; Core Concepts ; Main Theoretical Perspectives ; Critical Findings ; Key Debates ; Summary -- Chapter 14. Sport and Education / Dawn Penney, PhD ; Core Concepts ; Theoretical Perspectives ; Critical Findings ; Key Debates ; Summary.

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