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Eric Dunning and the Sociology of Sport

Eric Dunning and the Sociology of Sport

Hardcover

Series: Sport in the Global Society - Contemporary Perspectives

FootballSports General

ISBN10: 1032579005
ISBN13: 9781032579009
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 24 2023
Pages: 200
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

This book celebrates the life and career of Eric Dunning. Eric Dunning was a pioneer of the sociology of sport, firstly known for his ground-breaking theoretical work with Norbert Elias, and his study of the development of football. Subsequently he published seminal work on amateurism, professionalism and the development of rugby (with Kenneth Sheard) and on football hooliganism (with Patrick Murphy and John Williams) and became a focal point for figurational sociological work on sport. Such was the scope of his thinking and the force of his personality that he bestrode the sociology of sport from its inception and initial organisational formation to his retirement. This book charts the breadth and depth of Eric Dunning's influence through a series of chapters written by friends, colleagues and others who have worked with his ideas. Chapters provide an overview of his thinking, reflect on his own core research, and describe the departures this inspired across a range of topics embracing politics, sport, health and education, spanning different nations and sporting cultures.

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