final exam Flashcards

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what is embodiment

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A concept that can be loosely defined as the lived experience of having a body and being a body

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what is healthism

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what is positive deviance?

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In the context of sports, positive deviance refers to behavior that goes so far as following commonly accepted rules or standards that it interferes with the well-being of self or others

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what is reductionism

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The theory is that complex things can be understood by analyzing simpler and smaller parts or components that comprise them.

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what is a social gradient

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a term that highlights how health travels along the socioeconomic spectrum

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what is soft power

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forms of power that seek to influence outcomes through non-coercive means involving the politics of persuasion or the politics of attraction

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what is a social movement

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collective actions and political formations concerned with creating social change

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what are sports mega-events

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large scale high profile international sporting events with significant long-term social and economic consequences

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what is a policy

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any activity related to influencing, marking, and implementing collective decisions for a political community

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what is globalization

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what is promotional politics

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an increasingly prominent form of politics in capitalist democracies in which traditional forms of political dialogue are supplanted by the language and practices of contemporary marketing and image-making

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what is elite sport

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High performance or elite sport refers to an emphasis on competitive and medal success, compared to mass sport that encourages broadly based participation

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whats civil society

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The array of groups and organizations working in the interest of citizens but outside of governmental for-profit sectors

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what is capitalism

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The world’s dominant economic exchange system is intimately tied to social relations of production and reproduction.

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what is corporal social responsibility

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The commitments and actions taken by businesses and corporations to behave ethically and in a socially responsible manner

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what is diaspora

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The communities and cultures often based on race and ethnicity that span borders as a result of migration, both historical and contemporary

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what is an international development

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Resources, policies, and programs are organized in attempts to improve living standards and reduce poverty in countries around the world.

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what is an international division of labour

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The international structure of labour within globalization

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what is McDonaldization

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The process by which globalization homogenizes people’s cultural choices and experiences

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what is neoliberalism

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a way of seeing and organizing the world

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what is postcolonialism

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The critical study of colonialism and its effects, both historically and contemporary