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The War on Drugs in Sport: Moral Panics and Organizational Legitimacy - Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society Vanessa McDermott 1st edition
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The War on Drugs in Sport: Moral Panics and Organizational Legitimacy - Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Vanessa McDermott
This innovative and compelling work critically examines the relationship between sport, moral regulation and governance from a moral panic theoretical perspective. It argues that doping scandals create a crisis for sport governing bodies and other elite groups, leading to a moral panic, where the issues at stake for them are perceptions of their organizational legitimacy. McDermott also highlights the role of the media as a site where claims to legitimacy are made and contested, contributing to the social construction of a moral panic. The book makes a key contribution to moral panic theory by adapting Goode and Ben-Yehuda?s moral panic model to capture the diversity of interests and complex relationships between elite groups. It will be important reading for all students, researchers and policy-makers interested in sport sociology, moral panic theory, policy work on about governance and regulation, and the relationship between sport and wider society.
296 pages, 2 black & white tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 16, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138812017 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 290 |
| Dimensions | 235 × 161 × 21 mm · 542 g |
| Language | English |
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