2019, issue 43, Honorata Jakubowska and Alessandro Porrovecchio: Sport plays a central role in contemporary societies and thus continues to fire the sociological imagination. It has a long history of uniting people, of overcoming differences, of teaching norms and values while participating in teams and in clubs, of inspiring young people to set goals and follow their dreams, and of stimulating older people to remain physically active. At the same time, sport is said to divide, to celebrate differences, to exclude those that are less fit or less successful in physical performance, to elicit aggression and corruption, to individualise and commercialise, and moves away from its origins in volunteering and sport-clubs. These key issues are central to RN28 Society and Sports.
