Recent years have seen a rapid growth in the field of sports studies. This collection provides an invaluable resource for this burgeoning field, offering a selection of classic works and more recent, groundbreaking journal articles on the sociology of sport. Key features of this collection are: * Comprehensive and critical coverage of the field * Historical and comparative approaches detail how modern sport has developed * Articles which illustrate the international diversity of the study of the social aspects of sport and sport per se * Cross-disciplinary articles The four volumes cover: * Approaches to the Study of Sport * The Development and Structure of Modern Sport * Sport and Power Relations * Major Issues in Contemporary Sport With an international range of themes, contextual introductions to each volume and a comprehensive index, this will become an indispensible research tool for students and researchers.