Great Expectations
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Advancement Stage
athlete socialization
athletic career pathways
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Children's Sports Programs
Children’s Sports Programs
College Sports Programs
Division Iii
elite athlete development
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Fastpitch Softball
High School Sports
Institutional Logics
NFL Player
Organized Sports
Organized Sports Programs
Pro Athletes
Pro Leagues
Pro Sports
Retirement Preparation
Social Reproduction
sociological analysis of team sports
sports
sports sociology
sports stratification
Structural Vulnerability
Talent Identification
team dynamics
Turkish Basketball League
Tv Deal
WNBA Play
Women's National Soccer Team
Women’s National Soccer Team
Young Man
Youthful Players
Product details
- ISBN 9781138488922
- Weight: 580g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 May 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In Great Expectations: The Sociology of Survival and Success in Organized Team Sports, sociological analysis proves to be a powerful ally for grasping how the sports world unfolds for team players, providing a range of sociological ideas and concepts that extend throughout the book. The text boxes and class discussion sections help summarize key issues, linking important sociological concepts to the topics at hand. The eight chapters begin with an introduction and then detail athletes’ activities at different stages in their development.
Christopher B. Doob is professor emeritus of sociology at Southern Connecticut State University. His published works include Sociology: An Introduction, 6th Edition (Harcourt Press 1999); Social Inequality and Social Stratification in U.S. Society (Routledge 2012); Race, Ethnicity, and the Urban American Mainstream (Pearson 2004); and Racism: An American Cauldron, 3rd Edition (Pearson 1998), the second edition of which received a Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights. In addition, Doob has been active in his community, serving as coordinator for the Southern Connecticut State University’s Urban Initiatives, which established math tutoring classes for inner-city children. He has also participated in the struggle for welfare rights and been a long-time volunteer in two local adult-education programs.
