Contribution of sociology to the study of sport : Festschrift book in honour of professor Kalevi Heinilä

Abstract

This Festschrift book is published in Honour of Professor Kalevi Heinilä, one of the most prominent pioneers to contribute to the field of sociology of sport not only in Finland but at the international level, too. On the occasion of his 60th birthday, his friends and colleagues congratulate him with their articles on selected subject matters of the field such as agonetic behavior, deviant behavior in sport, values and value orientations in sport, sport organizations and politics, sport and the life cycle, women's sports, conceptualization of sport sociological inquiry and good society as a focus of sociological study.