KNES 293 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Red Grange, Social Class, Physical Culture

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: KNES 293
• Professor: Michael Friedman

Document Summary

Is the ncaa"s domination political or economic? (cid:498)sport, like music and the other fine arts, transcends politics we are concerned with sports, not business and politics(cid:499) module 2. Interested in examining relationships between political institutions, broader social structures, and economic systems. Structures of power: marxist antonio gramsci, italian, suggested that dominant groups maintain their power through coercion and consent. Coercion or consent: not necessarily clear, kaepernick no rule against kneeling, but punished. Foucauldian power: michel foucault, french philosopher, presented very different version of power, power is diffused throughout society, rather than something operating from above. Politics: politics refer to the various practices surrounding the structures, processes and systems of government and governance, need to consider the politics existing within interpersonal and intergroup relationships. Economics: power can be exerted in and through the economy as scarce resources, distributed amongst the population. Part 2: the ncaa a political institution.