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Anthony Giddens has been described as ‘the most prominent British sociologist of our time’. For Lemert (1999, p. 183), ‘he may well be the sociological social theorist who has most radically, and successfully, revised the language of social science’. Since 1971, Giddens has written or edited over 30 books. There are literally thousands of articles and chapters, as well as around a dozen full-length books, discussing and applying his work and he has become the most cited contemporary sociologist. His work has been taken up and applied across the social sciences. His conception of ‘The Third Way’, influenced the ‘New’ Labour Government of Tony Blair and has been courted by Former US President Clinton and an array of European leaders. In 1999 he presented the prestigious Reith Lectures on BBC Radio on the theme of globalization. It is apparent that Giddens has established himself as a prominent ‘public intellectual’ and a world sociologist (see also Bryant & Jary, 2000). In this chapter we set out to consider the existing and potential contribution of Structuration Theory and the writings of Anthony Giddens to understanding the role of sport and leisure in late modern, global society.
For my sins, I am a Spurs supporter
(Giddens, 1998)
This chapter was drafted in the late 1990s.
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Home, J., Jary, D. (2004). Anthony Giddens: Structuration Theory, and Sport and Leisure. In: Giulianotti, R. (eds) Sport and Modern Social Theorists. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523180_9
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