Dedication 1. Introduction: Reflections on process sociology and sport: ‘walking the line’ Theory, sport and society 2. Towards a sociology of sport 3. Thinking sociologically about sport 4. Studying sport through the lens of historical sociology and/or sociological history 5. The emergence of football spectating as a social problem The meaning of sport, body and society 6. Human sciences, sports sciences and the need to study people ‘in the round’ 7. Welcome to the pleasure dome?: emotions, leisure and society 8. Body matters: theories of the body and the study of sportcultures 9. Development through sport and the sports – industrial complex: the case for human development in sports and exercise sciences Case studies in sport and process sociology 10. The consumption of American football in British society: networks of interdependencies 11. The global media sports complex: key issues and concerns 12. Globalization, sport and national identities 13. Sport, identity politics, gender and globalization Globalisation, sport and civilisational analysis 14. Power and global sport: zones of prestige, emulation and resistance 15. ‘Civilised Games’?: Beijing 2008, power politics, and cultural struggles 16. ‘Real politic’ or ‘ethically based’: sport, globalization, migration and nation-state policies 17. Branding and consumption in the IOC’s ‘Celebrate Humanity’ campaign