Sport and democracy in the ancient and modern worlds / Paul Christesen, Dartmouth College.

"This book explores the relationship between sport and democratization using sociological and historical methodologies and case studies of ancient Greece and nineteenth-century Britain"-- Provided by publisher

"If I had to do it over again, I would give this book a different title: A School for Democracy: Sport and Democratization in the Ancient and Modern Worlds ... the reader should be aware that this is a book about democratization rather than democracy, an important distinction that is discussed in detail in the text that follows."--A Note on the Title

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-299) and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (Cambridge Books Online, viewed July 29, 2014).

1. Introduction -- 2. Terms and concepts -- 3. Previous work positing a causal relationship between sport and democratization -- 4. Congruence between society and sport -- 5. Sport as a school for democracy -- 6. Sport as an impediment to democratization -- 7. The cumulative effect of horizontal mass sport on democratization -- 8. Sport and society in early iron age Greece -- 9. Sport and society in sixth- and fifth-century BCE Greece -- 10. Sport and democratization in sixth- and fifth-century BCE Greece -- 11. Sport and society in Britain from 1800 to 1840 -- 12. Sport and society in Britain from 1840 to 1870 -- 13. Sport in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Germany -- 14. Sport and society in Britain from 1870 to 1900 -- 15. Sport and democratization in nineteenth-century Britain -- 16. Mass sport in the United States -- 17. Conclusion.

Cover; Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; A Note on the Title; 1 Introduction; 1.1. SETTING THE SCENE; 1.2. LOOKING FORWARD; 2 Terms and Concepts; 2.1. DEMOCRATIZATION; 2.2. MASS SPORT; 2.3. HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SPORT; 3 Previous Work Positing a Causal Relationship between Sport and Democratization; 3.1. SOURCES OF SOCIAL ORDER; 3.2. THE AMERICAN PROGRESSIVES; 3.3. FUNCTIONALISM; 3.4. CRITICAL SPORT SOCIOLOGY; 3.5. ROBERT PUTNAM, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND SPORT.

4 Congruence between Society and Sport4.1. THE IMPACT OF SOCIETY ON SPORT; 4.2. THE IMPACT OF SPORT ON SOCIETY; 5 Sport as a School for Democracy; 5.1. INTRODUCTION; 5.2. SMALL-SCALE, TIGHTLY BONDED, HORIZONTAL GROUPS; 5.3. PARTICULARIZED AND GENERALIZED TRUST; 5.4. POLITICAL EFFICACY; 5.5. DISCIPLINED CITIZENS; 6 Sport as an Impediment to Democratization; 6.1. INTRODUCTION; 6.2. DOCILITY; 6.3. EXCLUSION; 6.4. HOSTILITY; 6.5. INEQUALITIES SPRINGING FROM MERITOCRATIC COMPETITION; 7 The Cumulative Effect of Horizontal Mass Sport on Democratization; 7.1. MEASUREMENT; 7.2. OUTCOMES.

7.3. THE USE OF HISTORICAL EVIDENCE8 Sport and Society in Early Iron Age Greece; 8.1. INTRODUCTION; 8.2. SOCIAL HISTORY; 8.3. SPORT HISTORY; 8.4. SPORT AND SOCIETY IN EARLY IRON AGE GREECE; 9 Sport and Society in Sixth- and Fifth-Century BCE Greece; 9.1. SOCIAL HISTORY; 9.2. SPORT IN ATHENS; 9.3. SPORT IN SPARTA; 9.4. THE EMERGENCE OF MASS SPORT; 9.5. HORIZONTALITY AND VERTICALITY IN GREEK SPORT; 10 Sport and Democratization in Sixth- and Fifth-Century BCE Greece; 10.1. INTRODUCTION; 10.2. SPORT AS AN ARENA OF MERITOCRATIC STATUS COMPETITION.

10.3. SPORT AS A MODEL OF AND FOR HORIZONTAL RELATIONSHIPS10.4. SPORT AND GROUP CLOSURE; 10.5. TRANSITION; 11 Sport and Society in Britain from 1800 to 1840; 11.1. INTRODUCTION; 11.2. BACKGROUND; 11.3. SOCIAL HISTORY; 11.4. EDUCATION; 11.5. SPORT; 12 Sport and Society in Britain from 1840 to 1870; 12.1. SOCIAL HISTORY; 12.2. EDUCATION; 12.3. SPORT; 13 Sport in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Germany; 13.1. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; 13.2. EDUCATION; 13.3. GYMNASTICS; 13.4. OTHER FORMS OF SPORT; 13.5. CONCLUSION; 14 Sport and Society in Britain from 1870 to 1900; 14.1. SOCIAL HISTORY.

14.2. EDUCATION14.3. SPORT; 15 Sport and Democratization in Nineteenth-Century Britain; 15.1. INTRODUCTION; 15.2. MERITOCRATIC STATUS COMPETITION, HORIZONTAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND GROUP CLOSURE; 16 Mass Sport in the United States; 17 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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