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By Howard Nixon II

ISBN-10: 1612058566

ISBN-13: 9781612058566

ISBN-10: 1612058574

ISBN-13: 9781612058573

This e-book exhibits how the dynamic interaction of a strong "golden triangle" of activities, media, and enterprise pursuits with social, cultural, fiscal, and political forces shapes recreation in a altering global. This variation is a condensed and up-to-date model of the 1st version, with an emphasis on present social matters in recreation. It additionally has extra worldwide content material. The golden triangle inspiration is extra built and utilized extra widely. different key subject matters of the 1st edition—power, prestige, and inequality—are additionally extra constructed. New "Stop and imagine Questions" were additional to problem scholars to consider the which means of what they've got learn. The e-book is now divided into 5 sections. the recent sections spotlight sociology and the sociology of game; inequality and variety; globalization and social deviance; significant social contexts of recreation, together with the highschool, university, degrees; and gear, political economic system, and international sports.

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