Sportsoziologie

Sport fascinates people. They invest time, money, energy and emotions in it. Sport does not only offer exercise, competition, camaraderie and health benefits, but also a ritual, a lifestyle, spectacle and commercial advantages. From a sociological perspective, this textbook examines the meaning of sport for people and society in 14 chapters. Illustrated with examples and up-to-date studies, it highlights the manifold facets of and trends in sport in an easily understandable way, while also examining its relationship to the economy, the media and politics. It not only addresses the potential of sport in terms of health, education and social cohesion, but also in relation to discrimination, violence and doping. With contributions by Rahel Bürgi, Angela Gebert, Christoffer Klenk, Claudia Klostermann, Markus Lamprecht, Grazia Lang, Christian Moesch, Siegfried Nagel and Hanspeter Stamm.