Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

Lecture
Seminar

Module Offerings

6510BEASOC-SEP-PAR

Aims

1. To critically explore sociological and critical criminological approaches to understanding the role of sport in society; 2. To evaluate and range of theoretical perspectives, theories and models of understanding the relationships between sport and the wider society and, 3. To facilitate an examination and understanding of aspects of power, culture and inequalities as they relate to sport in society.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Critically appraise arguments.
2.
Synthesise existing literature.
3.
Develop arguments based on literature.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:The role/connections between sport and society including: • Social divisions, including gender, ethnicity and sexuality; • Commercial and global processes and their various consumptions; • Sports mega events and their ‘legacies’; • ‘Violence’ and masculinity; • Crime, including spots-based interventions into crime, ‘white collar crime’ and sport and ‘hooliganism’.
Additional Information:The module adopts various sociological and critical criminological approaches in the understanding of sport in contemporary societies. The module looks at issues relating to recent transformations, prejudices and cultural cohesion in the world of sport, focusing in particular on developments relating to issues such as racism, nationalism, globalisation and gender prejudice. The module will also be centrally concerned with the transformation of sport in the light of ongoing changes to a consumerist society.

Assessments

Essay