NASSS 2018 Conference - Vancouver

This session proposes the use of economic sociology in sport. Traditionally, economic sociology attempts to redefine questions addressed by economists in sociological terms. The premise of contemporary economic sociology is resided in the observation that individuals and organizations are bound together and structured through economic relations. To be sure, this framework has been used to examine a wide range of issues including - market disruption, the cultural production of music at sport events, pay discrimination based on race and gender, politics of urban development, etc – which can have important implications in sport. As such, this panel focuses on the theories, methods, and issues that exist in conducting economic sociological studies in sport. In particular, various methods – econometrics, social network analysis, big data analytics – are encouraged to discuss and investigate economic sociology, thus enriching the methodological and theoretical diversity in the realm of sport, culture, music and society.