Sport and Society

• Credit value: 15 credits at Level 7
• Convenor: Dr Richard Tacon
• Tutor: Payoshni Mitra
• Assessment: a 4000-word essay (100%)

In this module we critically examine the relationship between sport and society. We will look at key contemporary issues in sport, including:

• commercialisation
• globalisation
• the ‘sports-media complex’
• social class, gender, ‘race’, ethnicity and national identity.

We will draw on critical sociological and historical perspectives to understand the role of sport in wider society and set the study of sport management in its social context by examining the implications of the various issues for the management of sports organisations.

By the end of this module, you will:

• have studied sport in a multidisciplinary way
• understand the significance of social structure, power and inequality when analysing sport in society
• appreciate and have critically analysed the rapid commercialisation and regulation of sport
• have engaged in comparative analysis to understand problems and propose solutions.