The book focuses on the distinctive contribution that Joseph Maguire has made to process sociology and the study of sport. Maguire’s work over the past three decades highlights how process sociology has a unique perspective on the relationship between sport, culture and society, and to the body, globalisation and civilisational analysis.

Reflecting on this body of work and the use of process sociology, Maguire captures the research dynamic of ‘walking the line' between involvement and detachment, theory and observation, and engagement and critique. The book is structured around four broad sections: Theory, Sport and Society; The Meaning of Sport, Body and Society; Case Studies in Sport and Process Sociology; Globalisation, Sport and Civilisational Analysis.

Providing an introduction to, and key examples of, a process sociology approach to the study of sport, the body, civilising processes and globalisation, this book will appeal to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in sport studies / sports science degrees, sociology, cultural studies and to those studying migration, globalisation and cross cultural civilisation relations.

This book was previously published as a Special Issue of Sport in Society.

Contents

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 exercises 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

Author Bio

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, cul...