Sociology: sport & leisure books

4685 books were found.

Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Sport

Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Sport

Author: Cesar R Torres
ISBN: 9781306727952
Format: Electronic book text
$958.32

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Identity and Nation in African Football: Fans, Community and Clubs

Identity and Nation in African Football: Fans, Community...

Author: Chuka Onwumechili ,  Gerard Akindes
ISBN: 9781306734776
Format: Electronic book text
$277.20

The 2010 South African World Cup launched African football onto the global stage. This volume brings together top...  Read More >>

Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy

Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics,...

Author: Dave Zirin
ISBN: 9781306782685
Format: Electronic book text
$42.24

The leading US commentator on the politics of sports explores the coming World Cup and beyond.  Read More >>

World Through Soccer

World Through Soccer

Author: Tamir Bar-On (Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico)
ISBN: 9781306798709
Format: Electronic book text
$211.17

The world s most popular sport, soccer is a global and cultural phenomenon. The television audience for the 2010...  Read More >>

Sports in America

Sports in America

Author: James A Michener
ISBN: 9781306567794
Format: Electronic book text
$134.64

Originally published in 1976, James A. Michener s explosive, spectacular Sports in America is a prescient examination...  Read More >>

Sports, Peacebuilding and Ethics

Sports, Peacebuilding and Ethics

Author: Linda M Johnston
ISBN: 9781306887571
Format: Electronic book text
$105.60

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Barbaric Sport

Barbaric Sport

Author: Marc Perelman
ISBN: 9781306920018
Format: Electronic book text
$39.47

Globalized sport as savage spectacle and opium of the people .  Read More >>

Podium

Podium

Author: Ben Oakley (The Open University, UK)
ISBN: 9781306923873
Format: Electronic book text
$134.64

What does it really take to make the podium? Which of the biological, environmental and psychological factors really...  Read More >>

Dopingpravention: Eine Soziologische Expertise

Dopingpravention: Eine Soziologische Expertise

Author: Karl-Heinrich Bette ,  Ansgar Thiel
ISBN: 9781306999120
Format: Electronic book text
$86.80

Der organisierte Sport hat bislang zahlreiche Versuche unternommen, Doping nicht nur mit Kontrollen, sondern auch...  Read More >>

Anthropotechniken Im Sport: Lebenssteigerung Durch Leistungsoptimierung?

Anthropotechniken Im Sport: Lebenssteigerung Durch Leistungsoptimierung?...

Author: Franz Bockrath
ISBN: 9781322001241
Format: Electronic book text
$94.35

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Sportsoziologische Aufklarung: Studien Zum Sport Der Modernen Gesellschaft

Sportsoziologische Aufklarung: Studien Zum Sport Der...

Author: Karl-Heinrich Bette
ISBN: 9781322002415
Format: Electronic book text
$98.13

Wer die moderne Gesellschaft komplexitatsangemessen auf den Begriff bringen mochte, darf uber den Sport nicht schweigen!...  Read More >>

Konzepte Der Tanzkultur: Wissen Und Wege Der Tanzforschung

Konzepte Der Tanzkultur: Wissen Und Wege Der Tanzforschung...

Author: Margrit Bischof ,  Claudia Rosiny
ISBN: 9781322004273
Format: Electronic book text
$415.14

Die Tanzkultur zeigt sich heute vielfaltig - vertieftes Wissen, Verstehen und Handeln sind gefragt wie nie zuvor....  Read More >>

Was Ist Doping?: Fakten Und Probleme Der Aktuellen Diskussion

Was Ist Doping?: Fakten Und Probleme Der Aktuellen Diskussion...

Author: Dr Christoph Asmuth (Technische Universitat Berlin)
ISBN: 9781322004266
Format: Electronic book text
$67.93

-Doping- ist zum gesamtgesellschaftlichen Problem geworden. Es betrifft keineswegs mehr nur den Sport, sondern zahlreiche...  Read More >>

Fussball. Macht. Politik.: Interdisziplinare Perspektiven Auf Fussball Und Gesellschaft

Fussball. Macht. Politik.: Interdisziplinare Perspektiven...

Author: Jonas Bens ,  Susanne Kleinfeld
ISBN: 9781306995726
Format: Electronic book text
$94.35

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Entgrenzungen Des Machbaren?: Doping Zwischen Recht Und Moral

Entgrenzungen Des Machbaren?: Doping Zwischen Recht...

Author: Dr Christoph Asmuth (Technische Universitat Berlin) ,  Christoph Binkelmann
ISBN: 9781322000657
Format: Electronic book text
$143.43

Die aktuellen Moglichkeiten zur Steigerung menschlicher Leistung durch Sportdoping und Enhancement werfen die Frage...  Read More >>

Dem -Bewegungsmangel- Auf Der Spur: Zu Den Schulischen Und Ausserschulischen Bewegungspraxen Von Grundschulkindern. Eine Padagogische Ethnographie

Dem -Bewegungsmangel- Auf Der Spur: Zu Den Schulischen...

Author: Jan Erhorn
ISBN: 9781322000572
Format: Electronic book text
$101.90

Die Annahme eines -Bewegungsmangels- ist Gegenstand der offentlichen und wissenschaftlichen Diskussion um die gesunde...  Read More >>

Handedness and Brain Asymmetry: The Right Shift Theory

Handedness and Brain Asymmetry: The Right Shift Theory...

Author: Marian Annett
ISBN: 9780415648264
Format: Paperback
$118.00

This book will make fascinating reading for students and researchers in psychology and neurology, educationalists,...  Read More >>

The Research Process in Sport, Exercise and Health: Case Studies of Active Researchers

The Research Process in Sport, Exercise and Health:...

Author: Rich Neil (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK) ,  Sheldon Hanton (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415673433
Format: Hardback
$305.00

What are the challenges and potential pitfalls of real research? What decision-making process is followed...  Read More >>

Global Media Sport: Flows, Forms and Futures

Global Media Sport: Flows, Forms and Futures

Author: Prof. David Rowe
ISBN: 9781472539427
Format: Paperback
$76.99

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Japanese Women and Sport: Beyond Baseball and Sumo

Japanese Women and Sport: Beyond Baseball and Sumo

Author: Dr. Robin Kietlinski
ISBN: 9781472539533
Format: Paperback
$76.99

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The Contested Terrain of the New Zealand All Blacks: Rugby, Commerce, and Cultural Politics in the Age of Globalization

The Contested Terrain of the New Zealand All Blacks:...

Author: Jay Scherer ,  Steve Jackson
ISBN: 9781906165468
Format: Paperback
$56.93

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Norbert Elias and Social Theory

Norbert Elias and Social Theory

Author: T. Landini ,  T. Landini
ISBN: 9781349457168
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book will compare the approach and works of Norbert Elias, well known for his analysis of the civilizing process,...  Read More >>

Sport and Social Movements: From the Local to the Global

Sport and Social Movements: From the Local to the Global...

Author: Jean Harvey ,  Professor John Horne (Sch Sport, Uni Central Lancs, School of Sport Tourism and the Outdoors, Preston)
ISBN: 9781780934143
Format: Hardback
$200.00

This book builds on a theoretical model for analysis of the role of global social movements in sport. The book takes...  Read More >>

Norbert Elias and Social Theory

Norbert Elias and Social Theory

Author: T. Landini ,  T. Landini
ISBN: 9781137312105
Format: Hardback
$145.17

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Sport for Development and Peace: A Critical Sociology

Sport for Development and Peace: A Critical Sociology...

Author: Dr. Simon Darnell (Lecturer, Dalhousie University) ,  Craig Esherick
ISBN: 9781472539540
Format: Paperback
$76.99

This comprehensive, practical text examines both the overarching foundations and functional applications of Sport...  Read More >>

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