Fair Game (RLE Sports Studies)

Fair Game (RLE Sports Studies)
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 238
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ISBN-10 : 9781317680802
ISBN-13 : 1317680804
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Book Synopsis Fair Game (RLE Sports Studies) by : Eric Midwinter

Download or read book Fair Game (RLE Sports Studies) written by Eric Midwinter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines modern sport in its social context and concludes that it is beset with over-commercialised motives, damaged by dangerous political alignments and marred by wrongheaded social values. The book provides a thought-provoking analysis and offers new insights into why and how modern sport has evolved into its present dominant position. It calls for radical reforms in the structure of, and attitudes towards, sport.


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