Critical Realist Theory of Sport

<p>This book argues that sport in the era of global or financialised capitalism has undergone a process of fracturing which requires a re-assessment of longstanding and consensual accounts of traditional-to-modern sporting activity. Considering rival concepts of sport it presents detailed illustrative studies of various types of sporting or athletic activity – including soccer cricket rugby and track and field – to advance an alternative sociological understanding of sport rooted in the philosophies and theories of critical realism and critical theory. As such <em>A Critical Realist Theory of Sport</em> will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory with interests in sport research methods and critical realist thought.</p>