Sociology: sport & leisure books

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Using examples from John Lennon, David Bowie, Tupac Shakur, Björk, Marta Salogni, Sylvia Massy and Rick Rubin, each...  Read More >>

Using historical, contemporary, scholarly, and popular sources, Schultz traces the progress and pitfalls of women's...  Read More >>

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The role of legal interventions, in particular the Court of Arbitration for Sport, is discussed, alongside the governance...  Read More >>

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This edited collection critically explores new and emerging models of female athleticism in an era characterised...  Read More >>

Law is now being used as a vehicle for behavioural change across a range of policy areas affecting youth sport and...  Read More >>

Contemporary mega-events like Olympics and Expos, together with the organisations which control them, can be risky...  Read More >>

Offering a unique contribution to East Asian Studies, Colonial and Postcolonial Studies and Sport Studies, this...  Read More >>

This book presents journeys of sixteen Indigenous Australian athletes from their first touch of a‘footy’ to the...  Read More >>

This book explores the ways in which young women negotiate gendered and classed identities in nightlife venues....  Read More >>

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

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This Handbook offers an analysis of the relation between football and politics, based on over 30 case studies covering...  Read More >>

Walking has never been a more popular pastime and nowhere is more beautiful for walkers to explore than Ireland....  Read More >>

This book examines historically how cricket was codified out of its variant folk-forms and then marketed with certain...  Read More >>

Go Beyond details the experiences athletes may endure once their playing career is over - from knowing their identity,...  Read More >>

This book provides new insights into the evolution of the global sporting spectacle over the last thirty years through...  Read More >>

This edited collection explores the concept of social entrepreneurship in sport, examining how it has been used...  Read More >>

Set in one of the six university centres of cricket excellence established by the England and Wales Cricket Board...  Read More >>

This book draws from a rich history of scholarship about the relations between music and cities, and the global...  Read More >>

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This volume argues for a more quantitative, economic and theoretical approach to sports history. The author notes...  Read More >>