Wokół pytań o polską socjologię sportu
On the Sociology of Sport in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the condition and achievements of the sociology of sport in Poland. It discusses some vital controversies related to the subject and the name of the sub-discipline (sociology of sport versus sociology of physical culture). The article also scrutinizes the list of the weaknesses of the sociology of sport in Poland (among them: narrow spectrum of issues, lack of original studies and poor quality of studies), that the literature had hitherto provided. The aim of the article is to carry out an empirical verification of the catalogue of these problems. The verification is conducted by means of the analysis of five Polish sociological journals (Studia Socjologiczne, Przegląd Socjologiczny, Polish Sociological Review, Kultura i Społeczeństwo and Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny) from the period of 2001-2015, covering a total number of 280 volumes. Twenty-nine papers belonging to the sub¬discipline are identifi ed. The fi ndings confirm that the study themes undertaken by the sociology of sport in Poland are not diverse (mainly: football and hooligan groups’ activities) and that theoretical studies are visibly overrepresented. In the conclusions, the neglected fields and forms of sociological debate on the sphere of physical culture are listed (particularly, the lack of book reviews).

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