Abstract
The author presents an analysis of the concept social development, in con nection with the development of a certain phenomenon, namely sport. Here he distinguishes quantitative changes that are taking place in a dual sense: as chan ges in the structural sphere and changes in the functional sphere, occurring more or less parallely. According to the author these changes are accompanied by pro cesses of structural and functional disintegration as well as integration on a new, higher level. He points to the phenomenon of apparent changes and also irregula rities that always accompany development.
The next developmental stage are changes of the qualitative type, leading through structural and functional changes to changes of the features of sport of the model type. All this jointly exerts its influence on changes in mutual relation between sport and the social system. Thus one finds an increasingly greater role played by awareness in the shaping of these relations. In conclusion the author formulates certain laws, permitting to forecast the development of sport as a so cial phenomenon.
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