Reflections on Process Sociology and Sport

Joseph Maguire completed his PhD in Sociology at the University of Leicester and is a past President of the International Sociology of Sport Association and RC 27 of the International Sociology Association. He has published extensively in the area of sport, culture and society. Currently his work focuses on the area of sport and social theory and sport and globalisation, with specific reference to identity, the media, migration, environmentalism and political economy. He is currently on the executive Board of the ICSSPE.

Dedication 1. Introduction: Reflections on process sociology and sport: ‘walking the line’ Theory, sport and society 2. Towards a sociology of sport 3. Thinking sociologically about sport 4. Studying sport through the lens of historical sociology and/or sociological history 5. The emergence of football spectating as a social problem The meaning of sport, body and society 6. Human sciences, sports sciences and the need to study people ‘in the round’ 7. Welcome to the pleasure dome?: emotions, leisure and society 8. Body matters: theories of the body and the study of sportcultures 9. Development through sport and the sports – industrial complex: the case for human development in sports and exercise sciences Case studies in sport and process sociology 10. The consumption of American football in British society: networks of interdependencies 11. The global media sports complex: key issues and concerns 12. Globalization, sport and national identities 13. Sport, identity politics, gender and globalization Globalisation, sport and civilisational analysis 14. Power and global sport: zones of prestige, emulation and resistance 15. ‘Civilised Games’?: Beijing 2008, power politics, and cultural struggles 16. ‘Real politic’ or ‘ethically based’: sport, globalization, migration and nation-state policies 17. Branding and consumption in the IOC’s ‘Celebrate Humanity’ campaign