Introduction to sports and society: scholarship, activism and impact

Elizabeth C.J. Pike

Chapter 1 in Research Handbook on Sports and Society, 2021, pp 1-7 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter provides an introduction to the Research Handbook on Sports and Society which provides challenging, critical examinations of the complex issues that surround sports in contemporary societies. In particular, many of the chapters in the Handbook reflect on the ways in which the global coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matters movement exposed social issues and fragilities, and how these were played out in sporting arenas. The chapter outlines the research journey of the editor of this Handbook in developing a sociological imagination to understand social issues and processes in and through sport, and a move toward appreciating the value of sociological scholarship to inform activism. The chapter concludes with an overview of the contributions to this Handbook to wider debates regarding how research and scholarship might inform activism, and how sports might contribute to a future world of more just and humane societies.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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