Observing sport
Subtitle: modern system theoretical approaches
By: Ulrik Wagner, Rasmus K. Storm & John Hoberman
Contributors: Storm, Rasmus K.; Hoberman, John M. (John Milton), 1944-
Series: Reihe Sportsoziologie -- 19
Publisher: Hofmann
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Schorndorf
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9783778033968
Subjects: Sports; Sociological aspects; Psychological aspects; Political aspects; Communication in sports
Notes: "This volume contains essays by Danish, German, Norwegian and American scholars who use the elements of the modern systems theory developed by Luhmann to investigate a variety of topics currently facing social scientists of sport"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Observing sport / Rasmus K. Storm & Ulrik Wagner; title: World sport and its public / Tobias Werron; title: X-treme / Karl-Heinrich Bette; title: The World Anti-Doping Agency, power and law beyond the state / Ulrik Wagner; title: Professional team sports clubs and profits: an irreconcilable combination? / Rasmus K. Storm; title: Observing sports participation / Jan Ove Tangen; title: Elite sports versus university studies? / Lars Riedl, Carmen Borggrefe & Klaus Cachay; title: Grasping complexity in social interaction / Lars Tore Ronglan; title: A system theoretical perspective on elite sport development / Atle Ørbeck Hansen; title: Interaction, art and sports / Bjørn Schiermer; title: A critical American perspective on sport and the legacy of systems theory / John Hoberman.