Exploring the critical issue of concussion in sports, this book delves into the underlying problems beyond the media frenzy. It offers a multidisciplinary approach, integrating insights from sociology, medicine, ethics, psychology, and public health to address the challenges and potential solutions for safeguarding athletes. The provocative analysis aims to provoke thought and inspire action to protect the integrity of sports.
This comprehensive review explores the intersection of sociology and sport, highlighting how sociological insights have shaped the perspectives of sports fans, administrators, and politicians. It offers a historical overview of the sociology of sport, situating the discipline within broader sociological discussions. Essential for students and scholars in sport studies or sociology, it provides valuable insights into the significant influence of sport on societal consciousness.
The relationship between sport, medicine and health in our society is becoming increasingly complex. This important and timely study explores this relationship through an analysis of changing political economies, altered perceptions of the body and science’s developing contribution to the human condition. Surveying the various ways in which medicine interacts with the world of sport, it examines the changing practices and purposes of sports medicine today. Drawing on the latest research in the sociology of sport, this book investigates the scientific discourse underlying the promotion of physical activity to reveal the political context in which medical knowledge and public policies emerge. It considers the incongruities between these policies and their attempts to regulate the supply of and demand for sports medicine. Through a series of original case studies, this book exposes the social construction of sports medical knowledge and questions the potential for medicine to influence athletes’ well-being both positively and negatively. Sport, Medicine and The medicalization of sport? provides valuable insights for all students and scholars interested in sports medicine, sports policy, public health and the sociology of sport.
The first comprehensive reference guide for students of sports studies.