Download or read book Social Issues in Sport written by M. Sleap and published by Springer. This book was released on 1998-07-13 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Issues in Sport introduces students to a sociological study of sport and is the first book to draw mainly from British sources for its material. It aims to describe the nature and extent of sporting issues prevalent in society, to analyse research studies in sport and offer explanations for sporting behaviour. Topics covered include: participation patterns in sport, health, women, social class, race, drug abuse, football hooliganism and commercialism.