Routledge Bodies, Sports and Social Problems: Regulation, Discipline and Control

Joseph Maguire is a Professor in the School of Sport & Exercise Sciences at Loughborough University. Currently, he is President of the International Sociology of Sport Association, a member of the Research Council of the International Sociological Association, and co-editor of Research in the Sociology of Sport. He also acts as an advisor to the Association of Commonwealth Universities Scholarship Scheme and is a member of the British Olympic Association's education panel. Kevin Young is lecturer in the School of Sport & Exercise Sciences at Loughborough University Synopsis Sport is increasingly becoming an area of ethical ambiguity in which wider social problems are played out in a concentrated form. This book provides a theoretical framework for exploring sport and deviance through an examination of the three main areas in which these issues arise. These are: the role of violence and aggression in young people's experience of sport as spectators and participants; the ambiguous nature of the control exercised by government, corporations and the media over sporting events and the ways in which players respond to these controlling factors; and, the increasing drive to improve sporting performance through a variety of techniques, ranging from psychological coaching to performance enhancing drugs. Throughout the emphasis is on the social pressures involved in sport and the ways in which individual athletes and the sporting community negotiate them. About the Author Loughborough University, UK Canterbury Christ Church University, UK University of Chichester, UK Leicester University, UK