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  • Fair Play

    The Ethics of Sport

    by Robert L. Simon, Cesar R. Torres, Peter F. Hager ...
    This book is primarily concerned with some of the most important kinds of philosophical issues that arise in sport which are ethical or moral ones. It focuses on the nature of principles and values that should apply to sport. ... Read more

    $72.99 CAD

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  • No Slam Dunk

    Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change

    by Cheryl Cooky, Michela Musto, Lauren Rauscher, Marko Begovic, Carole Oglesby, Don Sabo, Marjorie Snyder, Suzel Bozada-Deas, Shari Dworkin, Ranissa Dycus, Faye Linda Wachs, Michael A. Messner ...
    Series series Critical Issues in Sport and Society
    In just a few decades, sport has undergone a radical gender transformation. However, Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner suggest that the progress toward gender equity in sports is far from complete. The continuing barriers to full and equal participation for young people, the far lower pay for most elite-level women athletes, and the continuing dearth of fair and equal media coverage all ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Fair and Foul

    Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport

    by D. Stanley Eitzen ...
    Fair and Foul explores our love of sport, just as it reveals sport’s darker side—the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, gender bias, media grandstanding, and more. The sixth edition features a new chapter on mass media and sport, a revised introduction that lays out the two themes of the book with fresh examples, and a significantly revised chapter on ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

  • Citadels of Pride

    Sexual Abuse, Accountability, and Reconciliation

    by Martha C. Nussbaum ...
    A groundbreaking exploration of sexual violence by one of our most celebrated experts in law and philosophy.In this essential philosophical and practical reckoning, Martha C. Nussbaum, renowned for her eloquence and clarity of moral vision, shows how sexual abuse and harassment derive from using people as things to one’s own benefit—like other forms of exploitation, they are rooted in the ugly ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Baseball and Philosophy

    Thinking Outside the Batter's Box

    Edited by Eric Bronson, William Irwin ...
    Series Book 6 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Baseball and Philosophy brings together two high-powered pastimes: the sport of baseball and the academic discipline of philosophy. Eric Bronson asked eighteen young professors to provide their profound analysis of some aspect of baseball. The result offers surprisingly deep insights into this most American of games.The contributors include many of the leading voices in the burgeoning new field of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Is There Life After Football?

    Surviving the NFL

    by James A Holstein, Richard S Jones, George E Koonce ...
    An award-winning book that takes us "inside the lives of NFL players to show why so many wind up in dire straits after their time on the field" ( New York Post).2016 Best Book Award, North American Society for the Sociology of SportIn this book, two social scientists team up with former linebacker and University of Wisconsin athletic director George Koonce to put a human face on the realities of ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ethics of Sport and Athletics

    Theory, Issues, and Application

    by Robert C. Schneider ...
    Timely, accessible, and focused on practical application, Ethics of Sport & Athletics: Theory, Issues, and Applications, Second Edition, details the theories and mechanics of moral reasoning, ethical and unethical behavior in sport, and the development of moral education through sport. This well-organized, case-based approach to sport-related dilemmas teaches readers how to successfully apply ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

  • Football and Philosophy

    Going Deep

    by Michael W. Austin ...
    Series series The Philosophy of Popular Culture
    "Vince Lombardi—who relished his undergraduate studies in philosophy—would have loved this book." — BooklistFootball and Philosophy: Going Deep investigates many of the issues surrounding the nation's biggest sport. From a review of the flaws of the Bowl Championship Series, to a study of the violence inherent in the game, to an examination of Vince Lombardi's views on winning, to the problems ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sport, Ethics and Leadership

    by Jack Bowen, Ronald S. Katz, Jeffrey R. Mitchell, Donald J. Polden, Richard Walden ...
    Everybody involved in sport, from the bleachers to the boardroom, should develop an understanding of ethics. Sport ethics prompt discussion of the central principles and ideals by which we all live our lives, and effective leadership in sport is invariably ethical leadership. This fascinating new introduction to sport ethics outlines key ethical theories in the context of sport as well as the ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • Learning Culture through Sports

    Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports

    by Doug Abrams, Cheryl Cooky, Rylee Dionigi, Keith Harrison, Jackson Katz, Kyle Kusz, Carwyn Jones, Mary McDonald, Leanne Norman, Genevieve Rail, Barbara Ravel, Ellen Staurowsky, Cheria Thomas, Sanford S. Williams, Jay Coakley, Angela J. Hattery, C. Richard King, Richard Lapchick, Earl Smith ...
    In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical context for probing the sociological basis of this influence. The book's sections each address a ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • Philosophy of Sport

    Key Questions

    by Dr Emily Ryall ...
    An accessible and comprehensive guide to the philosophy of sportEach chapter is framed by a question that explores the main issues, ideas and literature in the field ranging from questions about the nature and value of sport, the sporting body, aesthetics and ethics. Students are given the opportunity to consider significant debates in the philosophy of sport and each chapter is supplemented by ... Read more

    $33.19 CAD

  • The Ethics of Sport

    Essential Readings

    Edited by Arthur L. Caplan, Brendan Parent ...
    Sport is often thought of as simply "games," but it can in fact be much more. Sport can be responsible for guiding social justice movements, igniting city-wide riots, uniting countries, permanently injuring youth, revolutionizing views about race, gender and class, and producing several of the most successful global industries. Reports of ethical crises in athletics are constant fodder for popular ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD