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049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aM�ller, Verner,
_eauthor.
_922206
245 1 0 _aCompetition, fairness, and equality in sport and society /
_cVerner M�ller.
263 _a2206
264 1 _aChampaign, IL :
_bCommon Ground Research Networks,
_c2022.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aSharp Ideas ;
_vvolume 1
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- The Concept of Fairness: The Veronica Ivy Case as Example -- The Ideal of Equality -- Equality and Power -- The Ideological Enforcement of Feminist Ideology on Institutions of Higher Education in Sweden -- Gender Equality in Sport: The Right to Take Part -- Gender Equality in Sport: The Right to the Same Privileges -- The Fairness of Equal Pay -- The Problem of Equal Pay -- Equal Pay and Athletes' Interests -- Equal Pay and The Free Market -- Equal Pay Between the Sexes in Sports -- The Status of Women's Football -- Female Attraction -- Protection of the Weaker Sex -- Conclusion: The Problem of Squaring the Circle.
520 _a"Competition is a basic fact of life. Life in the modern world, based on rationality, ingenuity, and co-operative skills, makes it easy to forget this and to believe that it no longer applies to human beings. Developments in the western world since the turn of the millennium appear to confirm this perception. Competition, fairness, and equality in sport and society aims to show that this interpretation is wrong. Based on the workings of elite sport, it argues that the fairness and equality agenda, rather than being a manifestation of a mellowing of human nature, is essentially driven by the same innate competitive impulses. What has changed is that, once basic material needs for survival are covered, as is the case in the developed world, people continue to compete in other arenas attempting to improve their position in the human hierarchies and win status and recognition"--
_cProvided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
590 _aAdded to collection customer.56279.3
650 0 _aSports
_xSociological aspects.
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650 0 _aSports
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
_922208
650 0 _aSex discrimination in sports.
_922209
650 0 _aRacism in sports.
_913259
650 0 _aCompetition (Psychology)
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650 7 _aCompetition (Psychology)
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_0(OCoLC)fst00871488
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650 7 _aRacism in sports.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01086664
_913259
650 7 _aSex discrimination in sports.
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_0(OCoLC)fst01114442
_922209
650 7 _aSports
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
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650 7 _aSports
_xSociological aspects.
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_0(OCoLC)fst01130532
_922207
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aM�ller, Verner.
_tCompetition, fairness, and equality in sport and society
_dChampaign, IL : Common Ground Research Networks, 2022
_z9781957792002
_w(DLC) 2022011247
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