Publisher's Synopsis
Rarely a day goes by in the media without a breaking story about cheating, violence and corruption in and around sport. Some stories are here today and gone tomorrow. Others, such as drug abuse, match fixing and gambling fraud, murky transfer deals, child labour issues, and the abuses of power by sport bureaucrats, businessmen and politicians are more resilient. Such controversies form the basis of sport and social issues-type courses in university degree programmes around the world.
This book addresses the epistemological, theoretical, ethical and practical issues associated with investigative sociological research and sport. The text provides examples from the world of sport, exploring methodological concerns and approaches that are of interest to scholars and researchers working general sociology as well as related disciplines such as social anthropology and cultural studies.
