International study at the University of Brighton

Globalisation and Sport

Level: 2
Credit rating: 10
Module type: Taught
Semester offered: 2
Pre-requisites: None
Aims:

The aims for this module are set into the context of the QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications and they relate to the SEEC level descriptors for level 2 study.

Specifically the module aims to

  1. recognise and synthesise theoretical debates and issues surrounding the concept of globalisation
  2. debate such issues as they apply to sport
  3. compare aspects of sport and related activities in different social, economic, and political environments. 
Learning outcomes

In relation to the QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications and the SEEC level descriptors for level 2 study, by the end of the module students should be able to:

  1. Engage in informed debates about the nature of globalisation and related concepts in relation to sport;
  2. Compare and contrast aspects of contemporary social, political, cultural and economic factors influencing sports practices;
  3. Identify important principles underlying different societies and the ways in which distinctive sets of social relations have given rise to differently structured experiences of sport.
Content:

The purpose of this module is to provide students with a comparative perspective for the analysis of globalisation and sport demonstrating: their dependence upon particular social, political and economic factors; their roles in the promotion of nationalism and/or cross-national and cross-community relations; and the influence of global flows of power, ideology; information and economic practices.
Learning and teaching strategies:

Contact time:

  • Lectures
  • seminars
  • tutorials

Non-contact time:

  • Independent study
  • assessment
Learning support:

Books:

Allison, L. (2005) The Global Politics of Sport, London: Routledge.

Bairner, A. (2001) Sport, Nationalism, and Globalization: Albany: SUNY Press.

Bale, J. and Cronin, M. (2003) Sport and Postcolonialism: Oxford: Berg.   

Dyck, N. (2000) Games, Sports and Cultures, Oxford: Berg.

Giulianotti, R. and R. Robertson (2007) Sport and Globalization. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.

Maguire, J. (1999) Global Sport, Oxford: Polity.

Maguire, J. (2005) Power and Global Sport: Zones of Prestige, Emulation and Resistance, London: Routledge.

Riordan J. and Kruger, A. (1999) The International Politics of Sport in the Twentieth Century, London: E. & F. Spon.

Sugden, J. and  Tomlinson, A. (1998). Fifa and the Contest for World Football, Cambridge: Polity Press.

Journals:

Global Networks

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Sociology of Sport Journal

Electronic sources:

Playfair www.playfair.org accessed 27th October, 2008

School home

Chelsea School of Sport