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Sports Violence
Jeffrey H. . Ed(S): Goldstein
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Description for Sports Violence
Paperback. Editor(s): Goldstein, Jeffrey H. Series: Springer Series in Social Psychology. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
Books about sports, even those written by scholars, are frequently little more than hagiography. They extol the virtue of athletics for participant and spectator alike. Of greater rarity are those that look critically at the political, social, economic, and psychological underpinnings of contemporary sports. Violence in sports is among the relatively neglected issues of serious study. Sports Violence is perhaps the first collection of scholarly theory and research to examine in detail aggression within and surrounding sports. As such, it seeks to present the broadest possible range of interpretations and perspectives. The book is, therefore, both interdisciplinary and international in ... Read more
Books about sports, even those written by scholars, are frequently little more than hagiography. They extol the virtue of athletics for participant and spectator alike. Of greater rarity are those that look critically at the political, social, economic, and psychological underpinnings of contemporary sports. Violence in sports is among the relatively neglected issues of serious study. Sports Violence is perhaps the first collection of scholarly theory and research to examine in detail aggression within and surrounding sports. As such, it seeks to present the broadest possible range of interpretations and perspectives. The book is, therefore, both interdisciplinary and international in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Series
Springer Series in Social Psychology
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461255321
SKU
V9781461255321
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