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Sociological Perspectives on Sport: The Games Outside the Games seeks not only to inform students about the sports world but also to offer them analytical skills and the application of theoretical perspectives that deepen their awareness and understanding of social processes linking sports to the larger social world. With six original framing essays linking sport to a variety of topics, including race, class, gender, media, politics, deviance, and globalization, and 37 reprinted articles, this text/reader sets a new standard for excellence in teaching sports and society.

Das Bodenrelief ist eines der wesentlichen Ausdrucksmittel der Gartenkunst. Der vorgefundene Geländeverlauf bedeutet sowohl Inspiration als auch Gestaltungspotential für den Gartenkünstler. Diese Fallstudie befasst sich mit der Umformung des Terrains im Zuge der Anlage des Parks Babelsberg durch Peter Joseph Lenné ab 1833, ab 1842 durch Hermann Fürst von Pückler-Muskau. Exemplarisch werden Hinweise auf kulturelle Konnotationen geomorphologischer Situationen herausgearbeitet. Es lässt sich eine Verankerung von Gestaltungsmotiven wie Gedenken an militärische Ereignisse, dynastisch-familiäre Bezüge, landschaftliche Besonderheiten des Herrschaftsraums nachzeichnen. Topographisches Wissen wird zudem in bildlichen Darstellungen transportiert – von der Karte über die Planzeichnung bis zu Abbildungen in gartentheoretischen Publikationen. Welche Kriterien der Topographie erscheinen im »Bild«, an wen ist es adressiert und ist ihm ein eigener Kunstwert zuzumessen? ; Soil relief is one of the main forms of expression within the art of garden design. The shape of the site offers the garden artist both inspiration and design potential. This case study looks at the reshaping of the terrain in the course of the laying out of Babelsberg Park by Peter Joseph Lenné from 1833 and by Hermann Fürst von Pückler-Muskau from 1842. By way of example, references to cultural connotations of geomorphological situations are elaborated. An anchoring of design motives like commemorating military events, dynastic-familial links and special landscape features of the stately site can be identified. Furthermore, topographic knowledge is translated into images – ranging from the maps over the plans to depictions in publications on garden theory. Which topographical criteria appear in the »image«, to whom is it directed and does it have its own inherent artistic value?

Two books, Academically Adrift and Degrees of Inequality, are compared and reviewed as in-roads to understanding the college experience. The books both offer an investigation of the question "what are college students really learning?"

"This book examines how social issues shape and influence our engagement with sport, leisure time physical activity and health-promoting exercise. Connecting the personal with the public, it helps the reader to develop a deeper understanding of how social contexts and structures create or constrain opportunities for exercise, leisure and sport. Touching on key contemporary themes including diversity, inclusion, non-participation and health inequalities, the book offers new case material and theoretical tools for understanding the relationships between sport, leisure, health and wider society. This is an indispensable companion for any course on the sociology of sport, exercise, leisure, or physical activity and health"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A NOTE TO THE READER -- INTRODUCTION: SPORT AS A MODEL OF MERITOCRACY -- PART I Raiding the Public Treasury: The Political Economy of Professional Sports -- 1. PUBLIC DOLLARS, PRIVATE STADIUMS, AND DEMOCRACY -- 2. MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN: MAKING BASEBALL COMPETITIVE -- 3. ROOTING THE HOME TEAM: WHY THE PACKERS WON'T LEAVE-AND WHY THE BROWNS DID -- 4. AMERICA'S FASTEST GROWING SPORT -- 5. BUILDING A MINI METROPOLIS KNOWN AS THE U.S. OPEN -- PART II The Faustian Bargain: Big-Time Sports and the Media -- 6. MONEY, MYTH AND THE BIG MATCH: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE SPORTS MEDIA -- 7. LOSING CONTROL OF THE BALL: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FOOTBALL AND THE MEDIA IN AUSTRALIA -- 8. THE GLOBAL SPORT MASS MEDIA OLIGOPOLY: THE THREE USUAL SUSPECTS AND MORE -- 9. FOOTBALL, TELEVISION, AND THE SUPREME COURT: HOW A DECISION 20 YEARS AGO BROUGHT COMMERCIALIZATION TO THE WORLD OF COLLEGE SPORTS -- 10. MARKETERS ARE JOINING THE VARSITY -- PART III True Love, or a Marriage of Convenience? Sports and Education -- 11. WHO'S PLAYING COLLEGE SPORTS? TRENDS IN PARTICIPATION -- 12. THE GAME OF LIFE: TAKING STOCK -- 13. RACE, CULTURAL CAPITAL, AND THE EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS OF PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS -- 14. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: DEEP IN THE HEART OF SOUTH TEJAS -- 15. ODD JOBS HELP COLLEGE TEAMS STAY AFLOAT -- PART IV The Power of Athletics: Sports and Politics -- 16. WHERE ARE THE JOCKS FOR JUSTICE? -- 17. SPORT, MASCULINITY, AND BLACK CULTURAL RESISTANCE -- 18. TELEVISED SPORT, MASCULINIST MORAL CAPITAL, AND SUPPORT FOR THE INVASION OF IRAQ -- 19. GAY GAMES OR GAY OLYMPICS? IMPLICATIONS FOR LESBIAN INCLUSION -- 20. ARGENTINA'S LEFT-WINGERS -- 21. CARLOS DELGADO STANDS UP TO WAR -- PART V More Than a Game: Fandom and Community in Sports

Public dollars, private stadiums, and democracy / Kevin J. Delaney and Rick Eckstein -- May the best team win : making baseball competitive / Andrew Zimbalist -- Rooting the home team : why the Packers won't leave and why the Browns did / David Morris and Daniel Kraker -- America's fast growing sport / Brian O'Keefe and Julie Schlosser -- Building a mini metropolis known as the U.S. Open / Bill Pennington -- Money, myth and the big match : the political economy of the sports media / David Rowe -- Losing control of the ball : the political economy of football and the media in Australia / Murray Phillips and Brett Hutchins -- The global sport mass media oligopoly : the three usual suspects and more / Alan Law, Jean Harvey, and Stuart Kemp -- Football, television, and the Supreme Court : how a decision 20 years ago brought commercialization to the world of college sports / Welch Suggs -- Marketers are joining the varsity / Stuart Elliott -- Who's playing college sports? Trends in participation / John Cheslock -- The game of life : taking stock / James L. Shulman and William G. Bowen -- Race, cultural capital, and the educational effects of participation in sports / Tamela McNulty Eitle and David Eitle -- High school football : deep in the heart of South Tejas / Douglas Foley -- Odd jobs help college teams stay afloat / Teddy Kider -- Where are the jocks for justice? / Kelly Candale and Peter Dreier -- Sport, masculinity, and Black cultural resistance / Ben Carrington -- Televised sport, masculinist moral capital, and support for the invasion of Iraq / Carl Stempel -- Gay games or gay olympics? Implications for lesbian inclusion / Helen Jefferson Lenskyj -- Argentina's left-wingers / Leslie Ray -- Carlos Delgado stands up to war / Dave Zirin -- Emotionality in the stands and in the field : expressing self through baseball / Nick Trujillo and Bob Krizek -- Joe Louis uncovers dynamite / Richard Wright -- Supporters, followers, fans, and flâneurs : a taxonomy of spectator identities in football / Richard Giulianotti -- Something about baseball : gentrification, race sponsorship, and competing class cultures in neighborhood boys' baseball / Sherri Grasmuck -- Hardball ain't the only game in Brooklyn anymore / Lee Jenkins and Michael Schmidt -- Making sense of muscle : the body experiences of collegiate women athletes / Molly George -- Managing bodily capital / Loïc Wacquant -- Hindu nationalism, cultural spaces, and bodily practices in India / Ian McDonald -- Athletes embrace size, rejecting stereotypes / Jeré Longman -- Male athletes, injuries, and violence / Michael A. Messner -- The structure of sport and participant violence / John Schneider and D. Stanley Eitzen -- On-field player violence / Randall Collins -- Backtalk : violence, redemption and the cost of sports / Robert Lipsyte

Public dollars, private stadiums, and democracy / Kevin J. Delaney and Rick Eckstein -- May the best team win : making baseball competitive / Andrew Zimbalist -- Rooting the home team : why the Packers won't leave and why the Browns did / David Morris and Daniel Kraker -- America's fast growing sport / Brian O'Keefe and Julie Schlosser -- Building a mini metropolis known as the U.S. Open / Bill Pennington -- Money, myth and the big match : the political economy of the sports media / David Rowe -- Losing control of the ball : the political economy of football and the media in Australia / Murray Phillips and Brett Hutchins -- The global sport mass media oligopoly : the three usual suspects and more / Alan Law, Jean Harvey, and Stuart Kemp -- Football, television, and the Supreme Court : how a decision 20 years ago brought commercialization to the world of college sports / Welch Suggs -- Marketers are joining the varsity / Stuart Elliott -- Who's playing college sports? Trends in participation / John Cheslock -- The game of life : taking stock / James L. Shulman and William G. Bowen -- Race, cultural capital, and the educational effects of participation in sports / Tamela McNulty Eitle and David Eitle -- High school football : deep in the heart of South Tejas / Douglas Foley -- Odd jobs help college teams stay afloat / Teddy Kider -- Where are the jocks for justice? / Kelly Candale and Peter Dreier -- Sport, masculinity, and Black cultural resistance / Ben Carrington -- Televised sport, masculinist moral capital, and support for the invasion of Iraq / Carl Stempel -- Gay games or gay olympics? Implications for lesbian inclusion / Helen Jefferson Lenskyj -- Argentina's left-wingers / Leslie Ray -- Carlos Delgado stands up to war / Dave Zirin -- Emotionality in the stands and in the field : expressing self through baseball / Nick Trujillo and Bob Krizek -- Joe Louis uncovers dynamite / Richard Wright -- Supporters, followers, fans, and fla?neurs : a taxonomy of spectator identities in football / Richard Giulianotti -- Something about baseball : gentrification, race sponsorship, and competing class cultures in neighborhood boys' baseball / Sherri Grasmuck -- Hardball ain't the only game in Brooklyn anymore / Lee Jenkins and Michael Schmidt -- Making sense of muscle : the body experiences of collegiate women athletes / Molly George -- Managing bodily capital / Loi?c Wacquant -- Hindu nationalism, cultural spaces, and bodily practices in India / Ian McDonald -- Athletes embrace size, rejecting stereotypes / Jere? Longman -- Male athletes, injuries, and violence / Michael A. Messner -- The structure of sport and participant violence / John Schneider and D. Stanley Eitzen -- On-field player violence / Randall Collins -- Backtalk : violence, redemption and the cost of sports / Robert Lipsyte.

▪ Abstract  Despite its economic and cultural centrality, sport is a relatively neglected and undertheorized area of sociological research. In this review, we examine sports' articulation with stratification issues, especially race, class, and gender. In addition, we look at how the media and processes of globalization have affected sports. We suggest that sports and cultural sociologists need to attend more closely to how leisure products and practices are produced and distributed and how they intersect with educational, political, and cultural institutions. We propose the work of Bourdieu and the new institutionalism to undergird future research.

In this article we analyze the patterns of retention in SportsClasses of promising young athletes in Denmark. Since 2005, SportsClasses have provided extra training for potential elite athletes in Grades 7–9 in designated Danish public schools. They were introduced after the Danish Ministry of Culture lowered the age of recruitment for athletes from 15 to 12 in response to increased competition in the world of elite sports. The SportsClasses attempt to balance collaboration between two different organizations: Danish public schools; and sports clubs. Using a survey of the student population in 2013 and a follow-up sample in 2015, we explored the respondents' social backgrounds and experiences in order to understand their likelihood of retention during the program and their career aspirations. Focusing on socioeconomic status (SES), the role of having parents in elite sports, gender, and type of sport, we studied what key experiences and relationships lead students to abandon or sustain their interest in careers related to sports and how this differed for boys and girls. By applying Bourdieu's concepts of habitus and types of capital, we concluded that the program produced elements of both reproduction and opportunity but that the patterns strongly favored the retention of boys compared to girls. Our findings also suggest that the overlap between school and sport may have lead students from higher SES background to focus on education rather than sports.