Sociology: sport & leisure books

4685 books were found.

Sport Policy in Britain

Sport Policy in Britain

Author: Barrie Houlihan (Loughborough University, UK) ,  Iain Lindsey (Edge Hill University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415874830
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Since 1990, Britain has seen a period of unprecedented public investment in, and political commitment to, sport....  Read More >>

Sport, Exercise and Social Theory: An Introduction

Sport, Exercise and Social Theory: An Introduction

Author: Gyozo Molnar (University of Worcester, UK) ,  John Kelly
ISBN: 9781283862332
Format: Electronic book text
$459.36

<ul> <li>Why are sport and exercise important? </li> <ul> <li>What can the study of sport and exercise tell us...  Read More >>

Qualitative Research on Sport and Physical Culture

Qualitative Research on Sport and Physical Culture

Author: Kevin Young ,  Michael Atkinson
ISBN: 9781780522968
Format: Hardback
$238.95

Addresses issues in methodology, contemporary issues in research methods and innovative trends in qualitative research...  Read More >>

Locating Cultural Work: The Politics and Poetics of Rural, Regional and Remote Creativity

Locating Cultural Work: The Politics and Poetics of...

Author: S. Luckman
ISBN: 9780230355422
Format: Hardback
$145.17

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Fields of Play: An Ethnography of Children's Sports

Fields of Play: An Ethnography of Children's Sports...

Author: Noel Dyck
ISBN: 9781442600799
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Bridging anthropology, sport studies, and childhood studies, Fields of Play offers a rich understanding of an area...  Read More >>

Remaking the Male Body: Masculinity and the uses of Physical Culture in Interwar and Vichy France

Remaking the Male Body: Masculinity and the uses of...

Author: Joan Tumblety (Lecturer in History, University of Southampton)
ISBN: 9780199695577
Format: Hardback
$268.00

The first monograph to explore the imagined link between male athletic prowess and national strength in interwar...  Read More >>

Cadillac Men

Cadillac Men

Author: Rebecca Schumejda
ISBN: 9781935520689
Format: Paperback
$43.86

Rebecca Schumejda's second full-length collection, CADILLAC MEN, explores the pool hall subculture before the economic...  Read More >>

Reflections on Process Sociology and Sport: 'Walking the Line'

Reflections on Process Sociology and Sport: 'Walking...

Author: Joseph Maguire
ISBN: 9780415598033
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The book focuses on the distinctive contribution that Joseph Maguire has made to process sociology and the study...  Read More >>

It's How You Play the Game: Reclaiming Sportsmanship and Honor

It's How You Play the Game: Reclaiming Sportsmanship...

Author: Dr Bobby Newman
ISBN: 9781479351992
Format: Paperback
$26.40

Honor and sportsmanship are terms that are increasingly becoming thought of as quaint and passe in a world where...  Read More >>

Sexuality, Women, and Tourism: Cross-border desires through contemporary travel

Sexuality, Women, and Tourism: Cross-border desires...

Author: Susan Frohlick (University of Manitoba, Canada)
ISBN: 9780415671477
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This book is the first to focus on why and how foreign Western women engage in cross-border sexual and intimate...  Read More >>

Social Capital and Sport Governance in Europe

Social Capital and Sport Governance in Europe

Author: Margaret Groeneveld (University of Ulster, Northern Ireland) ,  Barrie Houlihan (Loughborough University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415811415
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book critically presents the mechanisms and structures in a selection of sport federations within a variety...  Read More >>

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