The long awaited new edition of this popular student text analyses contemporary issues in sport from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON SPORT
Sport and Social Theory - Dominic Malcolm
Power, Politics and Sport - Barrie Houlihan
History and Sport - Martin Polley and Fiona Skillen
PART TWO: STRUCTURING OPPORTUNITIES IN SPORT
Social Exclusion from Sport and Leisure - Michael F. Collins
Lifestyle Sport - Belinda Wheaton
Women, Sport and Gender Inequity - Ruth Jeanes and Laura Hills
Sport and Health - Parissa Safai and Dominic Malcolm
Sport for Development - Richard Giulianotti
Sport and Disability - Nigel Thomas and Andy Smith
The Politics of ¿Race¿ and Sports Policy in the United Kingdom - Ben Carrington and Ian McDonald
Physical Culture and the Polarised American Metropolis - David Andrews, Mike Silk and Robert Pitter
PART THREE: THE IMPACT OF COMMERCIALISATION
The Business of Sport - Leigh Robinson
Sport and the Media - Richard Haynes
Organisation Theory and the Management of Sport Organisations - John Amis and Trevor Slack
Doping and Sport - Barrie Houlihan
The Relationship between Sport and Tourism - Mike Weed and Guy Jackson
The Olympic Games: Winners and Losers - Holger Preuss
Fandom - Kevin Dixon
Sport Governance - Arnout Geeraert
PART FOUR: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON AND CONTEXT
Sport in North America: The United States and Canada - Trevor Slack and Milena Parent
Sport in the Asia-Pacific region - Alan Bairner and Jung Woo Lee
Sport, the role of the European Union and the decline of the national state? - Ian P. Henry
An Introduction to the Study of Sport in the Muslim World - Mahfoud Amara
Sport and Globalisation - Barrie Houlihan