Sociology of Sport: English-Speaking Caribbean
Sociology of Sport: A Global Subdiscipline in Review
ISBN: 978-1-78635-050-3, eISBN: 978-1-78635-049-7
Publication date: 10 November 2016
Abstract
Although the first known sociological writings on sport in the English-speaking Caribbean (ESC) date from 1953, the sociology of sport is very much a nascent subdiscipline that occupies a very marginal and almost nonexistent position in the region’s educational, research, and development agenda. This is evident in the number of sport sociologists, courses of study, professional organizations, conferences/seminars, and publications on the subject. While this chapter examines the historical, social, cultural, institutional, and economic factors that have contributed to this situation, it also profiles the limited publications in the field, the theoretical and methodological characteristics, its authors, and their location, as well as some of the recent positive developments that make for change. However, while noting the positive signs of change, it is suggested that the future for the sociology of sport in the ESC is rather mixed for its growth will continue to be constrained if traditional thinking towards the study of sport and its funding persist or remain dominant.
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Citation
McCree, R. (2016), "Sociology of Sport: English-Speaking Caribbean", Sociology of Sport: A Global Subdiscipline in Review (Research in the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 9), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 343-359. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1476-285420160000009024
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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