Sociology: sport & leisure books

At its core, the goal of any basketball team is relatively simple: take and make good shots while preventing the...  Read More >>

A fundamental reevaluation of how to be a sports fan by an acclaimed baseball writer.  Read More >>

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This book engages with the ongoing question of why many girls stop doing sport and physical activity in their teenage...  Read More >>

Incorporating insights from sociology and economics, this book explores the multiple factors that have resulted...  Read More >>

A Social History of Sheffield Boxing combines urban ethnography and anthropology, sociological theory and place...  Read More >>

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This book provides fresh insights on how social innovations are utilized as strategies to make sport more accessible...  Read More >>

The Journal of Qualitative Research in Sports Studies presents a valuable opportunity for researchers at all levels...  Read More >>

Legendary northwest skiing historian Lowell Skoog takes a deep dive into the past century of Northwest ski culture...  Read More >>

Offers the most comprehensive examination to date of how the NCAA has lost its way in the governance of intercollegiate...  Read More >>

This book follows young Cameroonian men who aspire to migrate abroad and play football for a living while analyzing...  Read More >>

This Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport highlights the relationship between sport and violence, brain...  Read More >>

This Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport highlights the relationship between sport and violence, brain...  Read More >>

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In this fifth book on sport and the nature of reputation, editors Lisa Doris Alexander and Joel Nathan Rosen have...  Read More >>

In this fifth book on sport and the nature of reputation, editors Lisa Doris Alexander and Joel Nathan Rosen have...  Read More >>

Gender Equity in UK Sport Leadership and Governance goes beyond the headlines to provide critical and timely analyses...  Read More >>

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Full of actionable principles, this guide goes beyond strength training and practice drills to help you awaken your...  Read More >>

High school coaches shape millions of lives. These 30 short and inspiring stories show the diversity of approaches...  Read More >>

Full of actionable principles, this guide goes beyond strength training and practice drills to help you awaken your...  Read More >>

African football migration offers essential coverage of why and how African players have become actors in the global...  Read More >>