TY - BOOK AU - Young,Kevin TI - Sociology of sport: a global subdiscipline in review T2 - Research in the sociology of sport, SN - 9781786350497 (electronic bk.) AV - GV706.5 .S63 2016 U1 - 306.483 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Bingley, U.K. PB - Emerald KW - Sports & Recreation KW - Sociology of Sports KW - bisacsh KW - Sociology: sport & leisure KW - bicssc KW - Sports KW - Sociological aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Sociology of sport: South Africa / Cora Burnett -- Sociology of sport: China / Jinxia Dong, Lingnan Liu -- Sociology of sport: India / Veena Mani, Mathangi Krishnamurthy -- Sociology of sport: Japan / Chiaki Okada, Kazuo Uchiumi -- Sociology of sport: South Korea / Eunha Koh -- Sociology of sport: Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia / Chris Hallinan, Steven Jackson -- Sociology of sport: Czech Republic / Irena Slepickova -- Sociology of sport: Finland / Pasi Koski -- Sociology of sport: Flanders / Jasper Truyens, Marc Theeboom -- Sociology of sport: France / Stephane Heas, Patrice Regnier -- Sociology of sport: Germany and Switzerland / Markus Lamprecht, Siegfried Nagel, Hanspeter Stamm -- Sociology of sport: Hungary / Tamas Doczi, Andrea Gal -- Sociology of sport: Italy / Caterina Satta -- Sociology of sport: The Netherlands / Annelies Knoppers -- Sociology of sport: Norway, Sweden and Denmark / Jorid Hovden, Kolbjrn Rafoss -- Sociology of sport: Spain / Nuria Puig, Anna Vilanova -- Sociology of sport: United Kingdom / John Horne, Dominic Malcolm -- Sociology of sport: Canada / Parissa Safai -- Sociology of sport: English-Speaking Caribbean / Roy McCree -- Sociology of sport: United States of America / Jeffrey Montez de Oca -- Sociology of sport: Argentina / Raul Cadaa -- Sociology of sport: Brazil / Wanderley Marchi Junior -- Sociology of sport: Chile / Miguel Cornejo Amestica N2 - 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 UR - http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1476-2854/9 ER -