Sports & Leisure Studies

Sport, Theory and Social Problems, Book of the Month, July 2011

Perfect for a Sociology of Sport or Social Theory course, Sport, Theory and Social Problems focuses on non-professional sports and explores how inequality and social deviance are structured into these social and sporting systems.

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