Sport, Culture and Society

Grant Jarvie is Professor and Deputy Principal at the University of Stirling, and is also working with the University of Toronto. However, from July 2012 he’ll be professor of Sport at the University of Edinburgh. He was born in Scotland and went to school in Edinburgh. He advises governments on a wide range of areas, including sport, education, health, research and the funding of universities. He has held ministerial appointments to the board of national sports agencies and comes from an international sporting family. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2009 in recognition of his work to promote international cooperation between countries. He has led three departments and two research centres across four universities. He has served as acting principal/provost and has been invited to talk all over the world. James Thornton is an international management graduate from Heriot-Watt University. Upon completion of his degree he moved to Wellington to work in sports marketing and volunteer with Street Football Aotearoa, the Homeless World Cup’s partner organisation in New Zealand. James is now based in London and works as a marketing executive for an events company.

Introduction Part 1: The Broader Context 1. Sport, Theory and the Problem of Values 2. Sport, History and Social Change 3. Sport, Global Finance and Economics 4. Sport, Politics and Culture Part 2: Sport, Globalisation and Other Communities 5. Globalisation and Global Sport 6. Internationalism, Reconciliation and Sport in the Making of Nations 7. Sport, Community and Others 8. Sport, Law and Governance 9. Sport, Social Media and Television 10. Sport, Social Capital and Education Part 3: Sport, and Contemporary Social Issues 11. Sport, and the Environment 12. Sport, Body and World Health 13. Sport , Violence and Crime 14. Sport, Religion and Spirituality 15. Sport, the Olympics and Major Sporting Events 16. Sport, Lifestyles and Alternative cultures Part 4: Sport as a Resource of Hope 17. Sport , Social Inequality and Social Movement 18. Sport, Poverty and International Development 19. Sport and Social Change 20. Sport, the Public Intellectual and the University. Conclusions: Theses on sport, culture and society