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Social Control Techniques In College Athletics: An Application Of Goffman And Foucault, Kendall M. Rainey
Social Control Techniques In College Athletics: An Application Of Goffman And Foucault, Kendall M. Rainey
Doctoral Dissertations
College athletics originated as a recess from academic demands and were originally organized by students, yet faculty took over supervision to address safety, professionalism, and academic integrity (Hawkins, 2010). This evolution led to the formation of athletic departments and a governing body (Shulman & Bowen, 2001; Hawkins, 2010). Thus, demonstrating a historical element of social control in the motives of sporting establishments; however, official aims such as character building are typically espoused (Shulman & Bowen, 2001), or as Goffman (1961) states, “the reformation of inmates in the direction of some ideal standard” (p. 74). Examination of the use of available …