Table of Contents

Introduction  Part 1: The Broader Context  1. Sport, Theory and the Problem of Values  2. Sport, History and Social Change  3. Sport, Politics and Culture  Part 2: Sport, Globalization and Other Communities  4. Sport and Globalization  5. Internationalism, Reconciliation and Sport in the Making of Nations  6. Sport, Media and Television  7. Sport, Law and Governance – is Sport above the Law?  8. Other Sporting Communities  Part 3: Sport, Identities and Alternative Lifestyles  9. Sport, Violence and Crime  10. Sport, Body and Society  11. Sport and the Environment  12. Sport and Religion  13. Sport, Lifestyles and Alternative Cultures  14. Sport, Identities and Recognition  Part 4: Sport, Social Division and Change  15. Sport and Social Divisions  16. Sport, Community and Social Capital  17. Sport and Social Change  18. Sport, Human Rights and Poverty.  Conclusion

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Stirling University, UK