APA 1302 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 - Sociology
26 Jan 2017
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Chapter 1: perspectives on the social dimensions of. Sport is intimately connected to the most signi cant social institutions of canadian. It is an extremely popular social phenomenon that has exploded in visibility and popularity in the last 30 years. The number of sporting activities and leisure pursuits available to canadians has expanded radically over the past 50 years. Many of these activities are more than sports played for the fun of friendly competition they"re also popular social and cultural events. Canadians: sport participation of non-anglophones is declining and established immigrants participate in sport less than recent immigrants. Sport is shaped by the social world around us, so it actively shapes the social world. The sociological study of sport is a fundamentally creative and exhilarating practice that can reveal new insights and liens of analysis that contribute to the understand of contemporary canadian society.
