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GOVT2004

GOVT2004: SPORTS, POLITICS AND SOCIETY

This course exposes students to the sphere of sports as a legitimate area for social science research and analysis. To this end, we begin by reviewing approaches to the study of sports; trace the development and spread of sports in the Anglophone Caribbean, identifying the links between sports and ideological, socio‐economic and political developments in the region. We then analyse West Indies Cricket, Track and Field, Football and Netball in Jamaica, looking at their potential roles in national development.

 

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