Sport is everything, but never solely sport. The commodification of human pleasure in or about many sports led to an increased political interest and dimension

Written by one of the leading international authorities on the sociology of race and sport, this is the first book to address sport′s role in ′the making of

Sport in the Middle East has become a major issue in global affairs. The contributors to this timely volume discuss the intersection of political and cultural p

In Whats My Name, Fool? sports writer Dave Zirin shows how sports express the worst - and at times the most creative, exciting, and political - features of our

This innovative new text examines sport's relationship with politics and argues that sport has always been political, even as far back as antiquity. However, in