Introduction : sociological approaches to the study of sport and leisure / Eric Dunning, Chris Rojek
The field of play in sport and leisure studies / Chris Rojek
Drugs, sport and ideologies / Ivan Waddington, Patrick Murphy
Cleaning up the game : perspectives on the evolution of professional sports / John Wilson
Towards a sociological theory of sport and the emotions : a process-sociological perspective / Joe Maguire
Sports and civilization : is violence the central problem? / Ruud Stokvis
Chariot races, tournaments and the civilizing process / Allen Guttmann
Sex, gender and the body in sport and leisure : has there been a civilizing process? / Jennifer Hargreaves
Sport, power and dependency in southern Africa / Grant Jarvie
Figuring a brighter future / Alan Clarke
Figurational sociology and the sociology of sport : some concluding remarks / Eric Dunning.
