Sociology: sport & leisure books

This book analyses the negotiation of place, belonging and uncertainty enacted by a group of 60 men and women seeking...  Read More >>

Communication and Sport deals with the dense and varied relationships between these two prominent components of...  Read More >>

Anlass für dieses Buchs sind die zunehmende Kälte im Umgang der Bürger miteinander und ihre mangelnde Empathie:...  Read More >>

Football, Power, and Politics in Europe deals with the politics and policy-making in the field of football in a...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the football stadium as a political space and examines how stadiums can be viewed as the objects...  Read More >>

This book extends Max Weber’s theory of the value-spheres of modernity into wholly new areas, showing that the addition...  Read More >>

In drei kurzen Kapiteln beschreibt der Verfasser, wie der Fußball in den vergangenen Jahren nicht nur regelmäßig...  Read More >>

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Building on extensive online research with different drug communities and doping spaces, the authors illustrate...  Read More >>

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This edited book delves into several aspects of sports and sports management from a vantage of uncertainty and turbulence...  Read More >>

Taking the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as a case study, Tzanelli explores mega-event crisis and risk management...  Read More >>

This book considers the ability of individuals and communities to maintain healthy relationships with their surroundings...  Read More >>

This book addresses the major forms of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in children’s sport, including sexual, physical,...  Read More >>

This book examines the ways in which sport for development and peace (SDP) offers an opportunity for entrepreneurship...  Read More >>

Although sport participation decreases on average for women once they become mothers, athletes have demonstrated...  Read More >>

This book illustrates tensions, absences, and unresolved challenges experienced in research – experiences that are...  Read More >>

This book is a significant new contribution to understanding both sports and the arts, not just in their separate...  Read More >>

This is the first book to focus on race, sport, protest, and the Black Atlantic. It brings together innovative scholarship...  Read More >>

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Cutting through the political rhetoric about the power of sport as a tool for social change and personal improvement,...  Read More >>

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Based on the findings of a 15-month study led by the Centre for Cultural Value, this book offers a comprehensive...  Read More >>

This book sets out to fill a gap in the literature and will be of particular relevance to those who are interested...  Read More >>

The De Gruyter Handbook of Humor Studies offers a comprehensive review and synthesis of research by international...  Read More >>