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Title: SPORT AND LEISURE IN THE CIVILIZING PROCESS
CRITIQUE AND COUNTER-CRITIQUE
Volume: 1992
By: Eric Dunning (Editor), Chris Rojek (Editor)
Format: Paperback

List price: £109.99


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ISBN 10: 1349111937
ISBN 13: 9781349111930
Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Pub. date: 1 January, 1992
Edition: 1992 ed.
Pages: 289
Synopsis: How do figurational sociologists approach the subjects of sport and leisure? How does their approach differ from other approaches in the field? This major collection, edited by leading writers on sport and leisure, offers a superb introduction to the figurational sociology of sport and leisure. The distinctive features of the approach are clearly explained and contributors show how figurational sociology is applied in the analysis of concrete problems. However, the collection also gives space to critics of the figurational approach. Included here are contributions which claim that the approach is inaccurate, blinkered and irrelevant.
Illustrations: biography
Publication: UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Returns: Non-returnable
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BRIT MYTH
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BRITISH MARXIST CRITICISM
CAPITALISM AND LEISURE THEORY
CAPITALISM AND LEISURE THEORY
CAPITALISM AND LEISURE THEORY
CAPITALISM AND LEISURE THEORY (HB)
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CELEBRITY
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CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF ALCOHOLISM
CULTS
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CULTURAL STUDIES (HB)
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DECENTRING LEISURE
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EVENT CONSCIOUSNESS
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EVENT CONSCIOUSNESS (HB)
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EVENT MANAGEMENT (HB)
EVENT POWER
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FAME ATTACK
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FIGHTING FANS (HB)
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FIGURING MODERN SPORT (PB)
FOOTBALL ON TRIAL
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FRANK SINATRA (HB)
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HANDBOOK OF SPORTS STUDIES
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND THE INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
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HOOLIGANS ABROAD
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LEISURE AND CULTURE
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LEISURE FOR LEISURE (PB)
LEISURE STUDIES (HB)
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SPORT MATTERS
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