Sociology: sport & leisure books

4685 books were found.

Contested Spatialities, Lifestyle Migration and Residential Tourism

Contested Spatialities, Lifestyle Migration and Residential...

Author: Michael Janoschka (Autonomous University Madrid, Spain) ,  Heiko Haas (Spanish National Resource Council, Spain)
ISBN: 9781138081956
Format: Paperback
$101.00

Lifestyle Migration and Residential Tourism represent a major trend in individualized societies worldwide, which...  Read More >>

Tourism, Recreation and Regional Development: Perspectives from France and Abroad

Tourism, Recreation and Regional Development: Perspectives...

Author: Jean-Christophe Dissart ,  Jeoffrey Dehez
ISBN: 9781138083844
Format: Paperback
$101.00

What factors contribute to tourism and recreation development? How can we characterise stakeholder rationales and...  Read More >>

The Television Entrepreneurs: Social Change and Public Understanding of Business

The Television Entrepreneurs: Social Change and Public...

Author: Raymond Boyle ,  Lisa W. Kelly
ISBN: 9781138110717
Format: Paperback
$62.99

Draws upon popular business-oriented shows such as ""The Apprentice and Dragons' Den"" to explore the relationship...  Read More >>

Die Landschaft des Tourismus: Wie Landschaft von Reiseveranstaltern inszeniert und von Touristen konsumiert wird

Die Landschaft des Tourismus: Wie Landschaft von Reiseveranstaltern...

Author: Erik Aschenbrand
ISBN: 9783658184285
Format: Paperback
$118.77

Erik Aschenbrand untersucht, wie Vorstellungen von Landschaft durch Reiseveranstalter modifiziert und verfestigt...  Read More >>

Sport and Religion in the Twenty-First Century

Sport and Religion in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Brad Schultz ,  Mary L. Sheffer, University of Southern Mi
ISBN: 9781498530569
Format: Paperback
$123.00

This book examines the relationship between sport and religion with regard to twenty-first century topics such as...  Read More >>

Mega-Events and Social Change: Spectacle, Legacy and Public Culture

Mega-Events and Social Change: Spectacle, Legacy and...

Author: Maurice Roche
ISBN: 9781526117083
Format: Hardback
$195.00

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Place, Diversity and Solidarity

Place, Diversity and Solidarity

Author: Stijn Oosterlynck (University of Antwerp, Belgium) ,  Nick Schuermans (Vrije Universiteit, Belgium)
ISBN: 9781138654976
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book focuses on the innovative forms of solidarity that develop around the joint appropriation and the envisaged...  Read More >>

Sport, Leisure and Social Justice

Sport, Leisure and Social Justice

Author: Jonathan Long (Leeds Beckett University, UK) ,  Thomas Fletcher (Leeds Beckett University, UK)
ISBN: 9781138960459
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This challenging and important book brings together contemporary cases examining different dimensions of inequality...  Read More >>

Knowing the Score: How Sport teaches us about Philosophy (and Philosophy about Sport)

Knowing the Score: How Sport teaches us about Philosophy...

Author: David Papineau
ISBN: 9781472123541
Format: Paperback
$52.99

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The Eternal Present of Sport: Rethinking Sport and Religion

The Eternal Present of Sport: Rethinking Sport and Religion...

Author: Daniel A. Grano
ISBN: 9781439912805
Format: Paperback
$92.27

In his persuasive study The Eternal Present of Sport, Daniel Grano rethinks the sport-religion relationship by positioning...  Read More >>

The Eternal Present of Sport: Rethinking Sport and Religion

The Eternal Present of Sport: Rethinking Sport and Religion...

Author: Daniel A. Grano
ISBN: 9781439912799
Format: Hardback
$275.88

In his persuasive study The Eternal Present of Sport, Daniel Grano rethinks the sport-religion relationship by positioning...  Read More >>

Fighting for a Gender[ed] Identity: An Ethnographic Examination of White Collar Boxers

Fighting for a Gender[ed] Identity: An Ethnographic...

Author: Travis D. Satterlund
ISBN: 9781536107715
Format: Paperback
$481.25

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Controversies in Law and Sport

Controversies in Law and Sport

Author: Curtis Fogel
ISBN: 9781612299037
Format: Hardback
$90.56

As the sport industry grows, so too does the significance of law in regulating sport and its commercial aspects....  Read More >>

Mega-Events and Globalization: Capital and Spectacle in a Changing World Order

Mega-Events and Globalization: Capital and Spectacle...

Author: Richard Gruneau (Simon Fraser University, Canada) ,  John Horne (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
ISBN: 9781138067882
Format: Paperback
$101.00

Since the turn of the twenty first century, there has been a trend for urban ""mega events"" to be awarded to cities...  Read More >>

Skateboarding: Subcultures, Sites and Shifts

Skateboarding: Subcultures, Sites and Shifts

Author: Kara-Jane Lombard (Curtin University, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138067905
Format: Paperback
$105.00

This book explores the cultural, social, spatial, and political dynamics of skateboarding, drawing on contributions...  Read More >>

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