Sportsmanship : multidisciplinary perspectives / edited by Tim Delaney.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This collection of new essays brings together more than two dozen contributors from around the world who teach sportsmanship in a range of academic disciplines including sociology, psychology, economics, education, kinesiology and applied athletics. Topics include the moral ambiguities of cheating; recreation in prison; ethics and character formation; coaching perspectives; gender; race; and the portrayal of sportsmanship"-- Provided by publisher.

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Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part A. Good Sportsmanship and Poor Sportsmanship; Sportsmanship: A Sociological Perspective (Tim Delaney); Being a Poor Sport (Verner Møller); Understanding Doping as "Cheating" from the Perspective of History (Ian Ritchie); Cheating in Sport: Its Meanings and Moral Ambiguities (Danny Rosenberg); Sports, Leisure and Recreation in Prison (Tim Delaney); Ethics and Character Formation in Sports: A Philosophical Perspective (Tim Madigan); Part B. Learning About Sportsmanship

Sport Participation and Sportsmanship in Youth Sport (Tanyika Mobley)Emphasizing Sportsmanship in Youth Sport (Todd Harrison); Sportsmanship and Cognitive Psychology (Stephen A. Wurst); Sportsmanship Case Study: Reaching for Team Selection in High Performance Sport at the Price of Sportsmanship (Cíara Losty); Ideals of Sportsmanship Throughout History (Seán Moran); Amateurism and Professionalism: Sportsmanship and the Irish (Jean McArdle); Warrior, Patriot, Statesman: Irish Sportsmanship and Irish Identity (Denis Brennan); A Coaching Perspective on Sportsmanship (Christopher Parks)

Sportsmanship from a Referee's Perspective: A Case Study of Four Sports (Tom Webb and Mike Rayner)Francis Ouimet and Sportsmanship in Golf (Chris Mack); Trust and Training: Sparring Norms and Sportsmanship Among Brazilian Ju-Jitsu Practitioners (Rick A. Matthews and Stephen Lyng); Part C. Sportsmanship and Social Institutions; Man Up? Gender and Sportsmanship On and Off the Field (Evelyn A. Clark); The Economics of Sportsmanship (Clair Smith); Sportsmanship in Question: The Impact of Professionalism and Commercialization on the Ethos of Sport (Barry Smart)

Race, Sports and Poor Sportsmanship (Earl Smith and Angela J. Hattery)Sportsmanship and Sports Journalism (Brian Moritz); Football on Film: The Portrayal of Sportsmanship (Laura Finnegan and Jean McArdle); Part D. Sportsmanship and Its Role in Sports in the Future ; The Future of Sportsmanship: A Narrative Expression of In-Group Support and Respect in the Postmodern Sport of Mountain Biking (Kieren McEwan); Sportsmanship and the Future: Parting Thoughts (Tim Delaney); About the Contributors ; Index

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