POLS 2320 - Sport and Politics

What is the relationship between sport and politics? This course tackles this question by examining both theoretical texts and practice-based accounts of sports in American life. Key questions include: How does watching sport inform the political and social realm? How does sport form community in democratic life? How are inequalities manifest in sport? What is the role of virtue in sport and politics? How are economic issues seen through sport? And finally, how do technological politics emerge in the realm of sport?

Credits: 3

Lecture hours: 3
Course/lab fee: $