Böcker av Tim Delaney

Takes a fresh approach to the study of sports, presenting key concepts such as socialization, economics, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, the media and the role of sport in society. The authors offer a critical examination of sport but highlight also its many positive aspects.

Approaches environmentalism via two academic disciplines, sociology and philosophy. Both have concerns about the environment's ability not only to sustain itself but to thrive. The authors argue that rather than simple sustainability, we must promote thrivability for the sake of protecting the environment and all living things.

Social Deviance is a comprehensive textbook that uses real life phenomena and current examples to maintain student interest. Each chapter includes chapter-opening objectives and vignette, end of chapter glossary and discussion questions, and boxed material.

Why do billions of people around the world love sports? This informative book attempts to find out why-by examining sports in all its facets, providing an overview of the history of sports, with a constant focus upon the social conditions through which sport arises.

This "philosophical" look at friendship and happiness begins with a review of Aristotle's three categories of friendship - friends of utility, friends of pleasure and friends of the good. Modern variations - casual friends, close friends, best friends - are described, along with the growing phenomena of virtual friendships and cyber socialization in the Internet age.

No one was better at turning everyday social interactions into memorable comedy sketches than "Seinfeld" creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David. This book explores the sociological implications of the famous comedy. It reviews the major contributions of sociology.