| Sport, Civil Liberties and Human Rights Contributor(s): Giulianotti, Richard (Editor), McArdle, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0714653446 ISBN-13: 9780714653440 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2005 Annotation: This ground-breaking collection of papers analyze how sports both contribute to, and undermine, the human rights of participants, spectators, and workers. This collection of papers by academics whose work is at the cutting edge of this burgeoning area of study includes chapters on sexual harassment, racism, freedom of movement, and sport as popular protest. Participants from Europe, the United States, Australia, and elsewhere have contributed to this important special issue of the journal "Culture, Sport, Society," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports |
| Dewey: 306.483 |
| LCCN: 2005055258 |
| Series: Sport in the Global Society |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.7" W x 8.86" (0.89 lbs) 236 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What is the relationship between sport and human rights? Can sport protect and enhance the human rights of competitors and sport workers? Can it also undermine those rights? These topical issues are among the many that are explored in this groundbreaking volume which analyzes how sports both contribute to, and undermine the human rights of participants, spectators and workers. The papers are written by esteemed academics whose work is at the cutting-edge of this burgeoning area of study. Experts from around the world have contributed to this important work, and examine controversial issues such as: * sexual harassment This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in Society. |