European Integration and Sport: Selected Papers of the 1st Conference of the European Association for Sociology of Sport (1) (Sport und Gesellschaft)

Sport cultures in Europe are developing as a result on the one hand of the internal situation within each society, and on the other of adaptation of influences and directions from outside. In the process of European integration global interconnection and cultural differentiation occur simultaneously. The articles of the reader give ideas and empirical data on the role of sport in European societies and the uniting Europe.