Sociology: sport and leisure Books
University of Minnesota Press Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road
Book SynopsisHow two teenage girls in Minnesota jump-started a revolution in high school athletics Peggy Brenden, a senior, played tennis. Toni St. Pierre, a junior, was a cross country runner and skier. All these two talented teenagers wanted was a chance to compete on their high school sports teams. But in Minnesota in 1972 the only way on the field with the boys ran through a federal court—so that was where the girls went. Break Point tells the story, for the first time, of how two teenagers took on the unequal system of high school athletics, setting a legal precedent for schools nationwide before the passage of Title IX.As Peggy’s younger sister, author Sheri Brenden is uniquely positioned to convey the human drama of the case, the stakes, and the consequences for two young women facing the legal machinery of the state, in court and in school. In an account that begins with Peggy painstakingly typing her appeal to the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union and concludes with a long view of what Brenden v. Independent School District 742 set in motion, Sheri Brenden summons the salient details of this landmark case as it makes its way through the courts. Peggy and Toni, coaches, administrators, and experts testify before Judge Miles Lord, whose decision, upheld in a precedent-setting appeal, would change these girls’ lives and open up athletic opportunities for innumerable others.Grounded in newspaper coverage, court records, and interviews, Brenden’s deeply researched, scrupulously reported book is at heart the story of two talented teenage girls whose pluck and determination—and, often, heartache—led to a victory much greater than any high school championship.Trade Review "This engaging and meticulously researched book gives readers insight into a crucial milestone in the history of women’s sports: a 1972 federal court decision that changed the lives of two Minnesota high-school girls and paved the way for future generations to fully participate in sports. Those two young women, Peg Brenden and Toni St. Pierre, believed they shouldn’t have to sit on the sidelines, and they challenged the naysayers and courageously fought for gender equity across the sports world. We are forever in their debt."—Mary Jo Kane, director emerita, Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, University of Minnesota "Wonderfully readable and engaging, Break Point brings Peggy Brenden and Toni St. Pierre to life, showing how personal Brenden v. ISD was. The court’s decision changed lives, and we should never forget the stories of the young women who had the courage to stand and fight for their opportunity to play high school sports."—Sarah K. Fields, author of Game Faces: Sport Celebrity and the Laws of Reputation "A detailed, disturbing account of the case that opened a wedge for the implementation of Title IX and its athletic empowering of women athletes."—Lavender Magazine "Break Point is stunning, shocking, nuanced, infuriating, and inspirational... I wish every high school student, parent, grandparent, educator, and journalist would read this book. Everyone."—Monticello Times "A well written, accurately titled, and valuable book."—Sport Literature Association
£15.29
Bristol University Press The Criminology of Boxing, Violence and
Book SynopsisCan the boxing gym be recognised as an effective space for supporting desistance? Exploring the psychosocial manifestations of boxing, this enlightening study reviews conflicting evidence to determine boxing’s place in the criminal justice system. Drawing upon the empirical insights, with case studies of participants’ backgrounds and their motivations for taking up the sport, Jump measures the value of the discipline, as well as the respect and fraternity that some claim boxing provides for young men. This is a perceptive addition to the debate about sport’s role in criminal desistance that delves deep into themes of masculinity and violence.Trade Review''Deborah Jump presents unique insights that challenge previous thinking on the transformational potential of boxing for violent men. This is a first-rate book; a must-read for anyone interested in life-course criminology, gender, sport and criminal desistance.'' Ross Deuchar, University of the West of Scotland''This book has some great stories from the inside. Jump offers a detailed critique and makes the case for changing masculinities and transformations in the dynamic relationship between boxing and criminal behaviour.'' Kath Woodward, The Open UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Boxing as Sports Criminology The Appeal and Desistance- Promoting Potential of Boxing The Case of Frank: Respect, Embodiment and the Appeal of the Boxing Gym The Case of Eric: Self- Violence, Boxing and the Damaged, Emasculated Body The Case of Leroy: Shame, Violence and Reputation The Appeal of the Boxing Gym The Desistance- Promoting Potential of Boxing Discussion
£75.99
University of Arkansas Press Philly Sports: Teams, Games, and Athletes from
Book SynopsisPhiladelphia sports—anchored by the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers— have a long, and sometimes tortured, history. Philly fans have booed more than their share and have earned a reputation as some of the most hostile in the country. They’ve been known, so the tales go, to jeer Santa Claus and cheer at the injury of an opposing player.Strangely though, much of America’s perception of Philadelphia sports has been shaped by a fictional figure: Rocky. The series of Hollywood films named after their title character has told and retold the Cinderella story of an underdog boxer rising up against long odds. One could plausibly make the argument that Rocky is Philadelphia’s most famous athlete.Beyond the major sports franchises and Rocky, lesser-known ath- letic competition in Philadelphia offers much to the interested observer. The city’s boxing culture, influence on Negro Leagues baseball, role in establishing interscholastic sport, and leadership in the rise of cricket all deserve and receive close investigation in this new collection. Philly Sports combines primary research and personal experiences—playing in the Palestra, scouting out the tombstones of the city’s best athletes, enjoying the fervor of a Philadelphia night with a local team in pursuit of a championship title. The essence of Philadelphia sport, and to a cer- tain extent the city itself, is distilled here.
£22.91
University of Arkansas Press Frank Merriwell and the Fiction of All-American
Book SynopsisGilbert Patten, writing as Burt L. Standish, made a career of generating serialized twenty-thousand-word stories featuring his fictional creation Frank Merriwell, a student athlete at Yale University who inspired others to emulate his example of manly boyhood. Patten and his publisher, Street and Smith, initially had only a general idea about what would constitute Merriwell’s adventures and who would want to read about them when they introduced the hero in the dime novel Tip Top Weekly in1896, but over the years what took shape was a story line that capitalized on middle-class fears about the insidious influence of modern life on the nation’s boys.Merriwell came to symbolize the Progressive Era debate about how sport and school made boys into men. The saga featured the attractive Merriwell distinguishing between “good” and “bad” girls and focused on his squeaky-clean adventures in physical development and mentorship.By the serial’s conclusion, Merriwell had opened a school for “weak and wayward boys” that made him into a figure who taught readers how to approximate his example. In Frank Merriwell and the Fiction of All-American Boyhood, Andersontreats Tip Top Weekly as a historical artifact, supplementing his reading of its text, illustrations, reader letters, and advertisements with his use of editorial correspondence, memoirs, trade journals, and legal documents. Anderson blends social and cultural history, with the history of business, gender, and sport, along with a general examination of childhood and youth in this fascinating study of how a fictional character was used to promote a homogeneous “normal” American boyhood rooted in an assumed pecking order of class, race, and gender.
£23.96
University of Massachusetts Press When the Girls Came Out to Play: The Birth of
Book SynopsisA study of the evolution of American women's clothing, ""When the Girls Came Out to Play"" traces the history of modern sportswear as a universal style that broke down traditional gender roles. Patricia Warner shows how this profound cultural shift, which did not reach fruition until World War II, originated during the previous century with the gradual expansion of socially acceptable physical activity for women. Behind this development was a growing interest in sports and exercise that was further nurtured by the establishment of schools of higher education for women. The participation of women in athletic pursuits previously reserved for men began with the relatively genteel sports of croquet and tennis. With the founding of women's colleges, these ""ladylike"" games were supplemented by more vigorous activities and competitive team sports, from gymnastics to swimming to basketball. At first, Warner points out, women literally had nothing to wear for these activities. Whereas such fashionable attire as corsets, petticoats, hats, and gloves could be worn while playing outdoor lawn games, more strenuous athletic endeavours required less physically restrictive clothing. Even so, change came only gradually, as women's colleges, shielded from public scrutiny and prying male eyes, permitted the adoption of looser, more comfortable apparel for physical education. Many of these new outfits featured trousers, garments considered taboo for women, though they often remained hidden beneath voluminous skirts. Over time, however, the practicality and versatility of such clothing led to social acceptance, laying the foundation for the emergence of the now ubiquitous yet distinctly American style known as sportswear. Although, we take it for granted, Warner observes, this is the first time in the history of the world that such universality has existed in clothing, and it has lasted now for well over half a century - in itself a marvel, considering the speed of fashion change in an era of instant messages and images.
£24.65
Temple University Press,U.S. Legal Bases: Baseball And The Law
Book SynopsisIf baseball is the heart of America, the legal process provides the sinews that hold it in place. It was the legal process that allowed William Hulbert to bring club owners together in a New York City hotel room in 1876 to form the National League, and ninety years later, it allowed Marvin Miller to change a management-funded fraternity of ballplayers into the strongest trade union in America. But how does collective bargaining and labor arbitration work in the major leagues? Why is baseball exempt from the antitrust laws? In Legal Bases, Roger Abrams has assembled an all-star baseball law team whose stories illuminate the sometimes uproarious, sometimes ignominious relationship between law and baseball that has made the business of baseball a truly American institution.Trade Review"Dean Abrams has been teaching both sports law and labor law for many years. He is the co-author of a major scholarly treatment of labor arbitration. Abrams is also the kind of writer who can relate personal anecdotes in a conversational style that brings the technical issues in sports labor law alive for the lay reader who wants to understand what lies behind the controversies that occupy so much of the sports pages in the media... there will be a significant market for this book, not only among students in law schools, business schools, and other institutions where the subject is taught, but also among the more sophisticated baseball fans." -Paul Weiler, Harvard Law School "The book reflects its author's experience as a baseball salary arbitrator, balancing anecdotes with antitrust analysis and overviews of the collective bargaining process. Wearing lightly his notable learning, Abrams writes with verve and intelligence." -The New York Times Book Review "Abrams is astute and unflinching in his judgments, yet shows admirable balance...Also, he obligingly explains many terms often used but seldom understood (in relation to baseball), and makes clear many subtle distinctions, such as that between arbitration and mediation. Interesting and illustrative, this is a book every thinking sports fan should read." -Kirkus Reviews "Fans usually intimidated by legalese but interested in the complex web of the baseball business should welcome this accessible primer. Abrams succeeds in presenting in a lucid and entertaining fashion the legal challenges to baseball's reserve clause, arbitration system, ownership collusion and the commissioner's powers." -The Washington Post "As dean of Rutgers Law School, baseball salary arbitrator and sincere grassroots fan, few have Abrams qualifications for writing on baseball and the law. The book is organized around 'nine men and one woman who played pivotal roles in its history. They constitute our "All-Star Baseball Law Team." ' ' The "team' (apparently the 10th player is justified by the designated hitter rule) is chosen to illustrate important principles of baseball and law dating from the 19th century (John Montgomery Ward) through the reserve clause challenge (Curt Flood) to baseball's crimes (Pete Rose). ...the book will serve as a valuable reference for the ardent baseball student." -Publishers Weekly "Legal Bases presents readers with a vibrant example of why and how collective bargaining occurs, and the involved legal processes. But there is more. The book also gives baseball enthusiasts a coherent understanding of the history and role of major league collective bargaining in an appealing format. It may even provide readers who are not baseball fans with a reason to take an interest in the game." -Monthly Labor Review "Learning the story of baseball is akin to studying the Bible: one can spend years, indeed a lifetime, and make barely a dent in the seemingly boundless array of literature on the subject... In any case, Legal Bases: Baseball and the Law is a good starting point for one's quest to know more about how baseball came to its current condition, whatever one perceives that condition to be." -Michigan Law ReviewTable of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Introduction 1 The Legal Process at the Birth of Baseball: John Montgomery "Monte" Ward 2 The Enforcement of Contracts: Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie 3 Baseball's Antitrust Exemption: Curt Flood 4 Collective Bargaining: Marvin Miller 5 The Owners and the Commissioner: Branch Rickey and Charles O. Finley 6 Labor Arbitration and the End of the Reserve System: Andy Messersmith 7 The Collusion Cases: Carlton Fisk 8 The Crimes of Baseball: Pete Rose 9 Baseball's Labor Wars of the 1990s: Sonia Sotomayor Conclusion Bibliography Index
£25.19
Temple University Press,U.S. Sportsex
Book SynopsisHow people perform their sexual identities as athletes and spectatorsTrade Review"Lively, informed, thoughtful, provocative, and susbstantive...[Sportsex] deals perceptively and quickly with the broadest range of concerns about sexuality and representation in and around the world of high-profile sports."-Michael Real, Department of Communication, San Diego State University, and author of Global Ritual: Olympic Media Coverage and International Understanding "Sportsex is the work of impassioned fandom and a voracious cultural appetite."-Michael Berube, Politics and Culture "A groundbreaking study of the globalization of the body through sports, particularly sports driven by the media and advertisers... Those concerned with sports will debate Miller's stimulating ideas for some time to come."-Choice "Miller goes inside the locker room and situates the sports star-whether a lesbian tennis player, an out Austrialian rugby player, or a sexually ambiguous professional basketball player-into the larger contexts of bodily representation, political economy, and identity. As Americans contemplate the public ramifications of other professional athletes coming out of the closet, Miller's in-depth inquiry offers some illuminating perspectives."-Kevin Arnovitz, Out "The best book on sexuality and sport to date... There are no other[s] that compete indirectly or directly with this one... [This] book will be seen as a significant contribution and will help shape the field of studies on sport and sexuality."-Cheryl Cole, Women's Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Finally, a book that gets beyond a simple condemnation of media culture and the way it functions in sport to a more complicated analysis of both positive and negative potentialities. Sportsex explores the sexualization and commodification of both male and female athlete bodies and the consequences for a real destabilization of gender polarities. A fascinating and highly readable contribution to sport and media studies."-Leslie Heywood, author of Bodymakers: A Cultural Anatomy of Women's Bodybuilding and Built to Win: The Rise of the Female Athlete as Cultural Icon "A hugely enjoyable, smart and sexy examination of the role sports and athletes play in the contemporary lesbian and gay sexual imagination."-Tim Miller, author of Shirts & SkinsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Sportsextro1. Bodnam: Body, Nation, Media2. Commodifying the Male Body = Problematizing Hegemonic Masculinity?3. Panic Sports and the Racialized Male Body (with Jim McKay and David Rowe)4. Courting Lesbianism (with Jim McKay and Randy MartinConclusion: Bookers with HootersNotesWorks CitedIndex
£22.49
Texas A & M University Press Mexican Americans and Sports: A Reader on
Book SynopsisFor at least a century, across the United States, Mexican American athletes have actively participated in community-based, interscholastic, and professional sports. The people of the ranchos and the barrios have used sport for recreation, leisure, and community bonding. Until now, though, relatively few historians have focused on the sports participation of Latinos, including the numerically preponderant Mexican Americans. This volume gathers an important collection of such studies, arranged in rough chronological order, spanning the period from the late 1920s through the present. They survey and analyze sporting experiences and organizations, as well as their impact on communal and individual lives. Contributions spotlight diverse fields of athletic endeavor: baseball, football, soccer, boxing, track, and softball. ""Mexican Americans and Sports"" contributes to the emerging understanding of the value of sport to minority populations in communities throughout the United States. Those interested in sports history will benefit from the book's focus on under-studied Mexican American participation, and those interested in Mexican American history will welcome the insight into this aspect of the group's social history.
£16.11
Wharton Digital Press The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to
Book Synopsis2018 DIGITAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SOCIAL IMPACT BOOK The student-athlete's life: practice, gym, weight room, film review, repeat. Simply put, sports come first. Academics is a distant second. As the revenues generated by big-time college sports continue to skyrocket, virtually all of the debate involves whether (and how much) student-athletes should be paid for play. Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams, Jr., argue that "student" has to come first in student-athlete: the focus should be on prioritizing a meaningful education. In The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports, Shropshire and Williams draw on new research to reveal that it has become increasingly difficult for college athletes to balance school and sports, much less a social life, leading to serious economic, professional, and emotional consequences for young people. Given that fewer than 2% of all college men's basketball and football players will play at the professional level, the other 98% of student-athletes must be prepared to find and perform well in jobs outside of their respective field of play. In this bold call to action, Shropshire and Williams explain how we got here and what can be done about it. They lay out The Student-Athlete Manifesto, a roadmap to increase the likelihood that student-athletes can succeed both on and off the field. They also offer a Meaningful Degree Model, which ensures education pays for everyone, along with stories of success that show it is possible to be both a student and an athlete. A critical read for student-athletes, sports leadership, policy makers, and anyone who loves college sports, The Miseducation of the Student Athlete has the potential to disrupt college sport and create lasting change.Trade Review"When grades take a back seat to the playing field, the term 'student athlete' can appear to be contradictory. Shropshire (Global Sport/Arizona State; Sport Matters, 2015, etc.) and debut author Williams seek to change this perception, arguing that, while athletics pay off for a select few, education benefits almost everyone . . . . As academics, the authors are used to marshaling evidence to support their assertions, and the research they lay out here is impressive. It's clear that they're no fans of the present system, yet their discussion is refreshingly free of displays of cynicism and outrage. An uncompromising look at America's college-sports conundrum, offering a controversial solution that just might work." * Kirkus Reviews *"Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams, Jr., examine a controversial issue that many choose to ignore because it is either uncomfortable or not financially beneficial for them to do so. I applaud Shropshire and Williams for providing an in-depth analysis of the present reality called life for student-athletes. The public needs to analyze who benefits the most, in the long-term, from student participation in intercollegiate athletics. This is a must-read for anyone truly interested in participating in the conversation." * Brandon Copeland, Defensive End, Detroit Lions, National Football League *
£14.39
Taunton Press Inc The Family Cabin: Inspiration for Camps, Cottages
Book SynopsisWhile Dale's earlier books have focused on smaller cabins (1,600 sq. ft. and below), this one will be less about size and more about the living experience. The Family Cabin will feature new and old family compounds from across North America, much as The Cabin and Back to the Cabinhave done. New structures explore the prospect of family bonding, where old ones tell the tales of generations of family use. Since the beginning of the 20th century, cabin retreats have had a unique place in the lives and lore of many American families. In the 21st century, cabin creation continues with new forms and materials that give shelter at nature's doorstep. In this new collection of 37 cabins, Mulfinger rekindles his love for this treasured American icon with fresh insight and seasoned strategies for the logic, utility and beauty of cabin design.
£22.50
Human Kinetics Publishers Winning Ways of Women Coaches
Book SynopsisWe’ve entered a new era of women in coaching. Women coaches across the globe have triumphed, using their expertise, experience, and sustained success to break down barriers and establish new standards of excellence in their coaching roles.Winning Ways of Women Coaches reflects this new era. Some of the most exceptional women coaches in the world have contributed to this groundbreaking book, each examining a different coaching topic from her unique viewpoint. Representing 15 different sports—including professional football and baseball—and earning more than 50 national championships and dozens of world and Olympic titles, these coaching pioneers provide the acumen and inspiration to succeed in the coaching profession: Lonni Alameda Rachel Balkovec Becky Burleigh Denise Corlett Melody Davidson Kelly Inouye-Perez Roselee Jencke Valorie Kondos Field Melissa Luellen Teri McKeever Missy Meharg Felecia Mulkey Carla Nicholls Carol Owens Carolyn Peck Ellen Randell Nancy Stevens Tara VanDerveer Amber Warners Jen Welter Edited by volleyball coaching legend Cecile Reynaud, PhD, the book equips current and aspiring women coaches with innovative strategies and real-world insights to address common coaching challenges, build and maintain successful sport programs, foster player engagement and growth, and further their coaching careers. In addition, contributing coaches weave a common thread throughout the chapters by discussing the importance of building team chemistry and their own approaches to fostering a team culture.Whether you’re searching for proven coaching techniques, creative new approaches, or sage troubleshooting advice, Winning Ways of Women Coaches will prove to be your most valuable resource. After reading this book, you’ll discover that it’s your ability to instruct, develop, and care for your athletes—not just your knowledge of Xs and Os—that will propel your career and separate you from the rest.Showcasing women coaches who have reached the top of their profession and embodying the idea of “If she can see it, she can be it,” Winning Ways of Women Coaches will reinvigorate current coaches and inspire would-be coaches to make the leap into coaching.Table of ContentsPart I. Coaching Career Path and ConsiderationsChapter 1. Checking Your Coaching CompetenciesValorie Kondos FieldChapter 2. Getting a Coaching Position, Growing as a CoachRachel BalkovecChapter 3. Changing Coaching Roles, Advancing Your CareerCarol OwensChapter 4. Thriving as an Assistant CoachDenise CorlettChapter 5. Coaching and Raising a FamilyEllen RandellChapter 6. Managing YourselfRoselee JenckePart II. Program Development and ManagementChapter 7. Working With AdministratorsMelissa LuellenChapter 8. Building and Sustaining a Winning ProgramAmber WarnersChapter 9. Establishing a High-Performance CultureCarla NichollsChapter 10. Developing and Implementing a StrategyMelody DavidsonChapter 11. Recruiting, Organizing, and Mentoring a StaffTara VanDerveerChapter 12. Planning, Scheduling, and DelegatingFelecia MulkeyChapter 13. Selling Your ProgramCarolyn PeckPart III. Athlete Engagement and GrowthChapter 14. Recruiting Athletes to Your ProgramMissy MehargChapter 15. Defining and Adjusting Athletes’ RolesKelly Inouye-PerezChapter 16. Leading Effectively and Coaching People UpJen WelterChapter 17. Taking an Athlete-Centered ApproachNancy StevensChapter 18. Strengthening Coach–Athlete RelationshipsTeri McKeeverChapter 19. Growing Athletes HolisticallyBecky BurleighChapter 20. Keeping It Fun While Instilling the ValuesLonni Alameda
£20.39
CABI Publishing Exploring the Leisure - Health Nexus: Pushing
Book SynopsisBy exploring past, current, and future intersections between leisure and health, this book considers research and academic thought to reveal and critique the nuanced ways that leisure impacts health as well as considering how health professions use leisure as a 'tool'. Aided by the diverse chapters, readers will be challenged to explore future intersections between leisure and health using an overarching eco (ecological/environmental), bio(biological), psycho (psychological), social (sociological) lens. Many of the chapters include case-studies which consider further developing leisure and health themes, particularly in relation to a number of emerging environmental, health and societal challenges that confront the world. In addition, the book:Is cross disciplinary and demonstrates non-individualized framing of health (as per the WHO definition) giving readers a unique opportunity to develop an understanding of sociological frameworks, including ecobiopyschosocial, salutogenic, multi-species and criticalist.Moves readers from an individual level understanding of interconnections between leisure and health through to a consideration of global issues (including a section on the impact and consequences of Covid-19).Examines the nexus between leisure and health through a focus on a number of population groups including First Nations peoples, women, incarcerated people, migrants, people with disabilities, older people, and the human-animal interface. The book will be of significant interest to researchers/academics/practitioners in the leisure, health, sport, tourism, recreation, events, social science, and arts disciplines.
£88.92
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Sports and Society
Book SynopsisThis state-of-the-art Research Handbook provides a challenging and critical examination of the complex issues surrounding sports in contemporary societies. Featuring contributions from world-leading scholars, it focuses upon the impact of their research, together with significant social issues and controversies in sport.International and comprehensive, the Research Handbook is organised around the key themes of governance, economics, events, the athletes and the future. Chapters examine the various theoretical and methodological approaches undertaken by the contributors and outline the current state of knowledge, to demonstrate the social and economic impact of academic research, as well as the constraints on research influence. Written during the global coronavirus pandemic, chapters also reflect on the way in which the public health crisis has exposed social issues and fragilities.The Research Handbook on Sports and Society will be a beneficial read for students of all levels studying sports science, sociology and public policy. The insights offered by established researchers will aid students in further understanding key methodologies, and opportunities and challenges for research. They also include recommendations for future policy and practice grounded in substantial research evidence.Trade Review'As the social significance of sport seemingly grows unabated, an understanding of the issues affecting our diverse societies is essential. This Research Handbook draws together an internationally distinguished set of authors and brings these issues to life through a distinctive approach. By exploring the personal research journeys of researchers in the field, and the social activism which brings these issues to the forefront of public debate, the Research Handbook is set to become compulsory reading for students and researchers alike.' -- Dominic Malcolm, Loughborough University, UK'A recognised leader in the sociology of sport, Professor Elizabeth Pike offers us a scholarly collection that makes a strong and original contribution to the field. Drawing upon the expertise and versatility of both established and emerging scholars, the Research Handbook on Sports and Society is framed in relation to three key themes: scholarship, activism and impact. Overall, the topics covered are far ranging, examine some of the most important topics within contemporary sport, and, are addressed with critical theoretical analysis that provides readers with unique insights.' -- Steve Jackson, University of Otago, New ZealandTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to sports and society: scholarship, activism and impact 1 Elizabeth C.J. Pike PART I THE GOVERNANCE 2 Sport, politics and the public intellectual 9 David Hassan 3 Sport organisations, politics and gender policies 22 Jorid Hovden 4 Researching and working in sport policy and development 38 Andy Smith 5 Sport, social movements and digital media 53 Simon C. Darnell, Sabrina Razack and Janelle Joseph PART II THE ECONOMICS 6 Economic determinants of sport performance 69 Wladimir Andreff and Nicolas Scelles 7 The industry of gambling on sport: deconstructing sports betting as a market, a product and a public health issue 83 Hibai Lopez-Gonzalez 8 Sport, advertising and promotional culture 97 Andrew Grainger 9 Media, sports, and society 111 Lawrence A. Wenner PART III THE EVENTS 10 Sports mega-events 128 John Horne 11 Fandom and well-being 143 Yuhei Inoue PART IV THE WORKPLACE 12 Gender and social inequity in and through sport leadership 159 Lucy V. Piggott 13 Renaming and reshaping the challenge of improving gender equity in sport coaching 174 Leanne Norman 14 Respecting referees? An analysis of abuse, support, retention and policy 188 Jamie Cleland 15 Volunteering within sport for development and peace (SDP) projects 202 Megan Chawansky PART V THE ATHLETES 16 Social perspectives on athlete pathways 213 Outi Aarresola, Jari Lamsa and Astrid Schubring 17 Foreign-born sportspeople in the Olympics and the Football World Cup: migration, citizenship and nationhood 227 Gijs van Campenhout and Joost Jansen 18 From fascination to revelation: my research journey with older Masters/ Veteran athletes 244 Rylee A. Dionigi PART VI THE ISSUES 19 Living in the along: reflections on inquiring into experiences of women in sport 261 Lombe A. Mwambwa and Elizabeth C.J. Pike 20 For a sociology of women’s sports on the African continent 276 Anima Adjepong 21 Disability inclusion in sport for all: ‘Baskin’ as a best practice model 291 Florian Kiuppis 22 Filing the podium: cheating, doping and corruption 307 James Connor 23 Researching pain and injury in sport 321 Ivan Waddington 24 Non-accidental violence in sports 337 Kari Fasting 25 Mental illness in sport 352 Michael Atkinson 26 Terrorism and sport 366 Ramón Spaaij PART VII THE FUTURE 27 The future of sports and society: a reflection and call to action 380 Jay Coakley Index
£189.00
Edward Elgar Handbook on Sport and Migration
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£190.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Sport and International Development
Book SynopsisWith sport’s role now firmly embedded in international development contexts, policy and delivery, this comprehensive Handbook provides a contemporary, multi-disciplinary overview of state-of-the-art research in this critical space. It features a holistic synthesis of current scholarship as well as new and emerging approaches, contexts and development foci. The Handbook includes chapters on a great variety of sport initiatives, ranging from small community projects to large-scale international events. The Handbook establishes the nexus between reflection, action, and innovation by presenting critical issues from diverse perspectives and with varied voices. Contributors include seminal scholars from broader disciplines, sport-specific development experts as well as up-and-coming academics who address contemporary challenges such as climate change, gender discrimination, athlete diplomacy and the effects of – and sports’ responses to – the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, the Handbook offers critical outlooks regarding concepts, methodologies, collaborations and knowledge mobilisation in sport and international development. The Handbook of Sport and International Development will be a crucial resource for those studying and researching sport in international development settings. It will also be critical for policymakers and development practitioners seeking to gain a broader perspective on the important role of sport in international development.Trade Review‘This is a timely, perceptive, and imaginatively edited collection of articles on the post-COVID achievements, challenges, and opportunities of sport for development. While it’s not shy about revealing the harm created by North-South power imbalances, the neo-colonialism practiced upon Indigenous peoples, and the failure of many good intentions, it’s cautiously hopeful, offering many evidence-based examples of better practices. I learned a lot from it. I commend it to donors, policy-makers, students and scholars, and those on the ground.’ -- Bruce Kidd, University of Toronto, Canada‘This Handbook, carefully curated by world-leading experts in sport and development, provides a comprehensive and sophisticated overview of the field, cutting-edge insights into the issues facing sport and development today and provides a unique global perspective in authorship and contexts.’ -- Emma Sherry, RMIT University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Handbook of Sport and International Development 1 Nico Schulenkorf, Jon Welty Peachey, Ramón Spaaij, Holly Collison-Randall PART I CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES 1 Anthropology – Anthropology, sport, and international development: an ambivalent relationship 11 Susan Brownell 2 Sociology – Sociology and sport for development and peace 22 Richard Giulianotti 3 Policy analysis – Macro- and meso-level analyses of sport and international development 35 Iain Lindsey 4 Indigenous studies – Challenges and opportunities for better engagement 48 Rochelle Stewart-Withers and Jeremy Hapeta 5 Management/Business studies – Applying business and management principles to advance sport for development organisations and outcomes 59 Katie Rowe, Pamm Phillips and Katherine Raw 6 Innovation studies – Social transformation in sport for development 71 Per G. Svensson 7 Youth and social work – Critical reflections on youth, social work and sports-based interventions 82 David Ekholm and Magnus Dahlstedt PART II INTERNATIONAL SPORT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT: KEY THEMES 8 Gender – Sport, development and gender: expanding the vision of what we can be and do 95 Sarah Zipp, Lombe Mwambwa and Anna Goorevich 9 Education – Education as a central aspect of sport and international development 110 Ruth Jeanes and Hayley Truskewycz 10 Livelihoods – Livelihood generation for disadvantaged youth in the context of poverty 122 Cora Burnett and Engela van der Klashorst 11 Disability – Disability, sport and social change in sub-Saharan Africa: para sport against stigma 138 Damian Haslett, Jennifer Wong, Sheila Mogalo, Emma Pullen and Mufunanji Magalasi 12 Healthy lifestyles – The efficacy of sport for health development initiatives for community health 150 Michael Edwards 13 Social inclusion – Social inclusion and sport: beating the odds or changing the odds? 161 Fred Coalter 14 Peace and reconciliation – Critical reflections across theory and practice 175 Jack T. Sugden and John Sugden PART III RESEARCH IN ACTION Holly Collison-Randall and Ramón Spaaij 15 Research frameworks and models – A critical analysis and identification of features for advancing research in sport for development 188 Meredith A. Whitley and William V. Massey 16 Research collaborations – On the experience of doing international research on sport for development and peace in South America 198 Billy Graeff, Simona Šafař’kov‡ and Arnošt Svoboda 17 Life spans – How to determine participation across the life span in the context of sub-Saharan poverty 204 Bronwyn Sumption 18 SDP and Gender – Women-focused projects in the Arabian Gulf 219 Hussa K. Al-Khalifa 19 Participatory action research – Innovating research using visual and digital methods in sport for development and peace 231 Mitchell McSweeney 20 Insights from the frontline of sport and international development – The world’s gone bonkers! 241 Nick Gates 21 Mapping SFD stakeholders – A social network analysis of stakeholder relationship networks in Africa and Europe 247 Steve Swanson, Fiona Meeks, Cora Burnett, James Skinner, Holly Collison-Randall 22 Drawing and comics – Revisiting sport for development and peace 261 Shawn Forde PART IV CRITICAL ISSUES 23 Leadership – Time to re-purpose the pegs: youth leadership development through sport for a post-pandemic world 268 Tony Ghaye and Tarryn Horner 24 Ecology – The international development and the advancement of the global environmental movement in sport 282 Brian P. McCullough and Jessica R. Murfree 25 Entrepreneurship – Origins, trends and outlook in sport for development and peace 293 Mitchell McSweeney and Gareth Jones 26 Social transformation – Critically interrogating girls and women as ‘transformational subjects’ in sport for development and peace 305 Lyndsay M.C. Hayhurst, Mitchell J. McSweeney, Raghdah Zakariya and Simon C. Darnell 27 Conflict and transformation – Conflict transformation and positive peace 321 Yolanda Antin, Hiro Fujihara and Tom Woodhouse 28 Refugees and displacement – A critical look at unaccompanied refugee minors’ experiences in organised sport and recreation activities in Norway 334 Kabanda Mwansa and Florian Kiuppis 29 Diplomacy – Athletes as third-culture builders 346 Soolmaz Abooali and Margarita Tadevosyan 30 Preventing violent extremism – Sport-based learnings from Kenya and Uganda 358 Holly Collison-Randall, Lin Sambili- Gicheha, Hussa Al-Khalifa and Ramón Spaaij 31 Corporate social (ir-)responsibility – CSR in esports: a strategic bridge to sport for development? 374 Jukka Rintamaki, Emily Jane Hayday and Richard Loat 32 Design thinking – Human-centred design in sport for development 386 Greg Joachim 33 Action sports – Global issues for action sports and the case of SkatePal 397 Anna Farello 34 Alternative sports – The pedagogical kaleidoscope for alternate games: from homo ludens to homines iocosi 408 Jorge Knijnik 35 COVID-19 – Sport for development in international settings: responses to COVID-19 421 Peter Donnelly and Simon Darnell Index
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Liverpool University Press Sport and Society in Global France: Nations,
Book SynopsisFrom Zinedine Zidane to Michael Jordan and from Marie-José Pérec to Lance Armstrong, over the last thirty years, numerous individuals have emerged through the global sports industry to capture the imagination of the French public and become touchstones for the discussion of a host of social issues. This book provides new insights into the evolution of the global sporting spectacle through a study of star athletes, emblematic organisations, key locations, and celebrated moments in French sport from the mid-1980s to the present day. It draws on a wide range of sources, from film, television, advertising, newspapers, and popular music to cover key developments in sports including football, motorsport, basketball, and cycling. Sport here emerges as a privileged site for the discussion of the nature of contemporary nationhood, as well as for the performance of France’s postcolonial heritage. Simultaneously, sport provides a platform for the playing out of concerns over globalisation, and, in a time of post-industrial uncertainty, for nostalgic reminiscences of an apocryphal bygone era of social cohesion. The exploration of these themes leads to new understandings of the ways sport influences and is implicated in broader social and cultural concerns in France today.Trade Review"This study is a timely one, both in terms of the clear contemporary relevance of the issues that it discusses, but also, more pragmatically, in terms of the growing general interest worldwide in France as a sporting nation."Hugh Dauncey, Newcastle University“This book should become required reading for academics and students of French sports studies wishing to bring themselves up to date with current thinking about developments in French sport, culture and society in the last two decades.”Geoff Hare, Newcastle University‘Besides explaining sportsworlds, the book prompts a reflection on colonial legacies, migrations, neo-colonialism, multinational corporations, North-South inequalities and new forms of exploitation. Confirming sportscapes as pertinent sites of inquiry to understand numerous socio-cultural dynamics in Europe, the book is highly relevant beyond Francophone studies, reaching into post-colonial studies at large, as well as studies of mobility, youth, media and communication, and borders.’Hélène B. Ducros, EuropeNow Reviews'Due to its interdisciplinary nature, it is extremely valuable and relevant to not only sport and European historians, sociologists, and sport media and communication experts but also anyone who is enthusiastic about French and European sports, as well as better understanding the persistent economic and social stratifications and inequalities in modern society. In fact, the book may prompt profound and potentially uncomfortable yet necessary discussions about postcolonial heritage and legacies, migration, neocolonialism, multinational corporations, and commercialism, as well as hypermediatization, deterritorialization, and other new forms of exploitation.' Katja Sonkeng, International Journal of Sport Communication‘Cathal Kilcline’s Sport and Society in Global France is a major contribution to the field of French and francophone studies.’ Alain-Philippe Durand, Contemporary French Civilization‘L’approche est d’autant plus riche et originale pour les lecteurs français (qu’ils soient chercheurs ou étudiants, plutôt dans les domaines et les filières liés au management et à l’enseignement) qu’elle leur permet ainsi de prendre de la distance avec leurs propres représentations et routines de pensée.’ ‘The approach is all the richer and more original for French readers (be they researchers or students, especially in the fields of management and education) because it enables them to take a step back from their own forms of representation and ways of thinking’. Robin Recours, STAPS Journal Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1 – Monuments Men: Among the Afterlives of France ’98Chapter 2 – Football’s FrançafriqueChapter 3 – Adventure capitalists: Paris-Dakar reduxChapter 4 – American Dreams: Be Like MikeChapter 5 - Made in France: Nostalgia and (re)cyclingChapter 6 – Plutocrats, Paranoia, Platoche : Qatar Sports Investment in ParisConclusionBibliography
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport highlights the relationship between sport and violence, brain injury, social class, sexual minorities, gender, and race. Eric Anderson and Rory Magrath expertly draw on a range of scholarly evidence to outline how these issues intersect with contemporary sports culture. Key features include: close examination of the most salient issues confronting sport scholars and policy makers a focus on how sport contributes to the process of ‘othering’ a range of recommendations for future improvements to the culture of sport for the 21st Century. This book provides essential reading for scholars and students in sports science, sociology and public policy.Trade Review‘A fascinatingly constructed and informative introductory text that draws on prominent sociological areas of investigation in the context of sport. At a time when social issues in sport are a prominent feature of social, cultural, and political debate, this book will be of significant value for students, researchers, and other interested parties in analysing the important role sport plays in society as we move through the 21st century.’ -- Jamie Cleland, University of South Australia, Australia‘The Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport is an important addition to scholarship in the areas of sports studies and the social sciences. Drawing on many years of research, Anderson and Magrath tackle some of the most pressing and divisive issues in sport. This book is therefore a must-read for students and scholars who wish to further their understanding of the constantly evolving relationship that exists between sport and society.’ -- Richard Elliott, Global Institute of Sport, UK‘Anderson and Magrath challenge readers to critically examine the realities of organized sports and the narratives created to portray them in positive terms. As the authors deal with seven important issues in the sociology of sport, they introduce concepts and theories that constitute the core of the field. When asking critical questions, they provide historical and cultural context as well as summaries of relevant research findings. The outcome is an informed critical consciousness for making sense of sports as social phenomena in the world today.’ -- Jay Coakley, University of Colorado, US
£89.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport highlights the relationship between sport and violence, brain injury, social class, sexual minorities, gender, and race. Eric Anderson and Rory Magrath expertly draw on a range of scholarly evidence to outline how these issues intersect with contemporary sports culture. Key features include: close examination of the most salient issues confronting sport scholars and policy makers a focus on how sport contributes to the process of ‘othering’ a range of recommendations for future improvements to the culture of sport for the 21st Century. This book provides essential reading for scholars and students in sports science, sociology and public policy.Trade Review‘A fascinatingly constructed and informative introductory text that draws on prominent sociological areas of investigation in the context of sport. At a time when social issues in sport are a prominent feature of social, cultural, and political debate, this book will be of significant value for students, researchers, and other interested parties in analysing the important role sport plays in society as we move through the 21st century.’ -- Jamie Cleland, University of South Australia, Australia‘The Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport is an important addition to scholarship in the areas of sports studies and the social sciences. Drawing on many years of research, Anderson and Magrath tackle some of the most pressing and divisive issues in sport. This book is therefore a must-read for students and scholars who wish to further their understanding of the constantly evolving relationship that exists between sport and society.’ -- Richard Elliott, Global Institute of Sport, UK‘Anderson and Magrath challenge readers to critically examine the realities of organized sports and the narratives created to portray them in positive terms. As the authors deal with seven important issues in the sociology of sport, they introduce concepts and theories that constitute the core of the field. When asking critical questions, they provide historical and cultural context as well as summaries of relevant research findings. The outcome is an informed critical consciousness for making sense of sports as social phenomena in the world today.’ -- Jay Coakley, University of Colorado, US
£21.00
Liverpool University Press Women’s Club Football in Brazil and Colombia: A
Book SynopsisThe first women’s football book on Latin America centring the perspectives of players brings rare interview material that cuts through the clichés to uncover the lived reality of women footballers. It includes the first large-scale survey of South American women footballers’ views into dialogue with institutional and media perspectives. The early chapters consider the backdrop Latin American women footballers operate in, a media and institutional panorama that privileges a heteronormative athletic femininity whilst ensuring women’s football is never portrayed as anything other than an inferior version of the hegemonic (men’s) game. Following this, drawing on nine months of ethnographic fieldwork in which 33 semi-structured interviews were carried out with players and institutional figures, this pioneering book foregrounds the lived reality of women’s football in three strategic locations. Firstly, three months were spent in the Amazon region of Brazil where Esporte Clube Iranduba provides a fascinating alternative model for the growth of women’s football. This is contrasted with Santos FC, where women’s football tends to be constantly overshadowed by the presence of banal patriarchy, and finally with another fleeting glimpse of how another model is possible at Atlético Huila of Colombia, the surprise winner of the women’s Copa Libertadores in 2018.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Illustrations Glossary of Terms Acknowledgements Foreword from Silvana Goellner Introduction Chapter 1 - Mis-representing the agenda: The Case of Yoreli Rincón at the Women’s Copa Libertadores 2018 Chapter 2 – Football Institutions Chapter 3 – Atlético Huila: The Champions of South America Chapter 4 –Mermaids in the Land of the King Chapter 5 –The Team from the Heart of the Amazon Chapter 6 – Surveying the Field from the Players’ Perspective Overall Conclusions & Policy Recommendations Recommendations for Further Research References Semi Structured Interview List
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Gender and Diversity in
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking Research Handbook adeptly navigates how gender and diversity are addressed in sport management. Offering insight into practices and processes that work to exclude certain groups and practices, and favour others, it highlights how gendered ways of organizing sport are experienced and may be sustained, disrupted, and challenged.Leading international scholars employ theoretical frameworks to comprehensively set out how individuals or groups engaged in leading and managing sport are situated in the social world and engage in managerial practices. Providing a wealth of conceptual analyses, the authors of the various chapters explore diverse feminist theories, perspectives, and methodologies to expertly examine gender-based marginalization in sport management at local and international levels. Expert contributors reveal how women negotiate and navigate gender and intersecting identity categories in sport organizations.Presenting a wide variety of feminist perspectives on sport management, sport organizations, and coaching, this Research Handbook will prove a valuable resource to researchers and undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of sport management and sport sociology. It will also be essential reading for policy makers working in sport organizations.Trade Review‘In the Research Handbook on Gender and Diversity in Sport Management, Markula and Knoppers provide an insightful and encompassing overview of the topic that is impressive in scope and quality. With stellar contributions from leading scholars around the world, this text will undoubtedly impact research, teaching, and practice.’ -- George B. Cunningham, University of Florida, US‘When two pioneers of gender and diversity studies in sport join forces to curate a kaleidoscope of feminist perspectives on gender-based and intersectional marginalization in sport organizations, expectations are high. This Research Handbook firmly delivers on these expectations, offering comprehensive and thought-provoking insights into how gendered ways of organizing and managing sport are experienced and may be disrupted and transformed. The Research Handbook stands out through its theoretical diversity in understanding gender in sport organizations, leadership, and coaching. In doing so, it paves the way for enhancing the breadth and depth of impact of critical research in sport management.’ -- Ramón Spaaij, Victoria University, Australia‘A very welcome, important, and valuable contribution to the theorizing of gender and diversity in sport management! The original work by international scholars on how gender intersects with other relations of power offers new, expanding, and exciting insights to the field. Thus, this Research Handbook represents a must and an invaluable reference source for students, faculty, and policy makers in sport.’ -- Jorid Hovden, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: Preface xvi Introduction: why a Research Handbook on Gender and Diversity in Sport Management 1 Annelies Knoppers and Pirkko Markula PART I ACCESSING POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP IN GLOBAL SPORT 1 A decade of tracking women’s participation in the governance of international sport federations 21 Johanna A. Adriaanse 2 Gender representation and policy implementation in the governance of international Paralympic organizations 37 Lucy V. Piggott and Jordan J. K. Matthews 3 Gender, leadership, and (dis)ability 52 Erin Pearson and Laura Misener 4 Gender and diversity in mediated sport marketing: using “old” and “new” media 65 Dunja Antunovic and Annika Olson 5 Doing gender in the neoliberal, global context of sport management 79 NaRi Shin and Doo Jae Park PART II NAVIGATING AND NEGOTIATING SPORT ORGANIZATIONS: CENTERING INTERSECTIONALITY 6 Managing gendered sport organizations 94 Laura Burton and Ajhanai C. I. Keaton 7 The “motherhood penalty” and sport leadership 110 Sarah Zipp and Sasha Sutherland 8 The gendered organization of men’s professional sport 124 Lauren C. Hindman and Nefertiti A. Walker 9 Institutional heteronormativity in Dutch sport clubs 137 Inge Claringbould and Pepijn Geldof 10 Heteronormativity and gender-based violence in Sport for Development 151 Julia Ferreira Gomes and Jessica Nachman, Lyndsay M. C. Hayhurst, and Mitchell McSweeney PART III NAVIGATING AND NEGOTIATING SPORT ORGANIZATIONS: CENTERING COACHING 11 Occupational hazards: harassment and women’s work as sport coaches 167 Sarah Barnes 12 The socially reproductive labor of women sport coaches 181 Alixandra Krahn and Parissa Safai 13 Refuting gender essentialism about women in sport coaching 192 Nicole M. LaVoi and Anna Goorevich 14 Gender, women, and community sport coaching 206 Ruth Jeanes, Aishwarya Ravi and Laura Alfrey 15 Elite coaching, gender, and diversity 220 Bettina Callary and Brian Gearity PART IV CHANGING PRACTICES IN MANAGING SPORT 16 Influencers for change: women leading in the outdoor sector 234 Emily Ankers and Beccy Watson 17 Gender inclusive sport: what’s in it for (all) women? 248 Ryan Storr and Sheree Bekker 18 Balancing inclusion, fairness, and binaries in transgender eligibility sport policies 262 Anna Posbergh 19 Gender and voluntary work for diverse and traditionally marginalized identities in community sport organizations 277 Dawn E. Trussell and Shannon Kerwin 20 Re-imagining mothers exercising leadership in sport management 291 Talia Ritondo, Sarah Leberman and Dawn E. Trussell 21 Sexualization and gendered empowerment in a Sport for Development organization in Brazil 304 Eva Soares Moura PART V THEORIZING GENDER AND DIVERSITY IN SPORT MANAGEMENT 22 Process-figurational sociology and gender relations in sport management 318 Louise Mansfield and Philippa Velija 23 Bourdieu on the field: gender, power and the organization of sport 331 Allison Jeffrey and Holly Thorpe 24 Critical feminisms in sport management: theory and practice 345 Sally Shaw 25 Critical discourse analysis, gender, and sport management 358 Larena Hoeber 26 Poststructuralist feminist approaches in sport management research 370 Zoë Avner 27 Phenomenological perspectives for sport management research 385 Gunn Helene Engelsrud 28 Feminist new materialist insights for sport management 398 Simone Fullagar and Adele Pavlidis Conclusion: directions for future research 413 Pirkko Markula and Annelies Knoppers Index 430
£180.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Sport and COVID-19
Book SynopsisThis timely Research Handbook examines sport-related research and analysis pertaining to how the sport industry has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking stock of the changes over the course of the pandemic, it also provides key insights into how the sport industry and its stakeholders might move forward in post-pandemic times. Organized into six parts, the first half of the book explores the areas of sport management, sport communication, and sport marketing, while the final three parts analyze sport events, sport stakeholders, and sport and society. Expert international contributors delve into a wide array of topics related to the sport industry including athletes, clubs, leagues, and brand and sport management to illuminate how the pandemic has influenced these aspects of sport. Offering a comprehensive analysis of how Covid-19 has affected the sport industry, this Research Handbook will be a key resource for business and management scholars and advanced students with a particular interest in sport, health, and well-being. Its use of global case studies will also be beneficial for sport managers and practitioners in this field.Trade Review‘The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sport industry cut across myriad areas, from financial to organisational to socio-cultural. In the Research Handbook on Sport and COVID-19, Pedersen has collated works that highlight all the various implications from this once-in-a-generational event. From an international perspective, this resource not only documents the experiences for future generations of sport scholars, but also provides a truly valuable resource to demonstrate how one event can systematically change the landscape of an entire industry – affecting how we operate, view, consume, and value sports as part of our everyday existence, while also fast-tracking innovation and new opportunities for growth.’ -- Lauren M. Burch, Loughborough University London, UK‘The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted sport in ways not previously imagined, and necessity spawned multifaceted innovation. Sport entities rich in resiliency and creativity connected with sport consumers via new approaches, and many of these novel methods will remain permanent. The true value of the Research Handbook on Sport and COVID-19 lies in its rich description of pandemic-induced innovation as relayed by 92 contributors from 22 countries, and, accordingly, the text is a must-read for sport managers desiring to thrive in the face of future disruption.’ -- Damon P.S. Andrew, Florida State University, US‘In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the planet to a standstill. The impacts on the sport industry at all levels (grassroots, Olympic, or professional) were unimaginable. Editor Paul M. Pedersen had the foresight to reach out to scholars and practitioners from different segments of the sport industry to study and report on the effects of COVID-19 on the business of sports worldwide as it was happening. With unique insights from over 20 countries, this book will be of great interest to students, academics, and sport managers alike.’ -- Benoit Séguin, University of Ottawa, Canada‘The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great effect on all aspects of our lives. Editor Paul M.Pedersen’s Research Handbook on Sport and COVID-19 is an extremely timely resource that examines these effects on sports. With almost 100 scholars and practitioners (representing over 20 countries) contributing to the Handbook, readers will learn how the pandemic impacted sports and what we have learned as we enter a post-pandemic world.’ -- Brian A. Turner, The Ohio State University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Sport and COVID-19 1 Paul M. Pedersen PART I SPORT MANAGEMENT 2 Economics lessons from sports during the COVID-19 pandemic 8 Carl Singleton, Alex Bryson, Peter Dolton, James Reade and Dominik Schreyer 3 The impact of COVID-19 on amateur sport 18 Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Patxi León-Guereño, Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko and Arkaitz Castaneda Babarro 4 The impact of COVID-19 on French sports federations 30 Nicolas Delorme 5 The impact of COVID-19 on the management of the sport media 44 Hamid Ghasemi and Ryan Vooris 6 Changing business models – how fitness centers reacted to COVID-19: the case study of a Polish fitness operator 54 Julia Ziółkowska and Tomasz Taraszkiewicz 7 The impact of COVID-19 on interscholastic athletics 66 Tyler Ratts, Braden Norris, Brian Mancuso and Paul M. Pedersen PART II SPORT COMMUNICATION 8 De-globalization, de-commercialization, and semi-mediatization: the influence of COVID-19 on global sport communication 87 Wei Wei and Li Siying 9 Young audiences’ sports media repertoires and expectations towards sport coverage during COVID-19 98 Daniel Nölleke 10 The hard law of live: a case study on French sports channels during COVID-19 112 Valérie Bonnet and Tyler Ratts 11 Professional football clubs and associations under pressure: COVID-19 as a precursor of structural change in European sport 124 Jürgen Mittag and Jörg-Uwe Nieland 12 Accelerating direct virtual public relations for sport organizations through information subsidies during COVID-19 137 Mark Dottori, Alex Sévigny and Norm O’Reilly PART III SPORT MARKETING 13 Relationship marketing during COVID-19: strategies and processes of communication in German and Austrian sports clubs 153 Thomas Horky, Christof Seeger, Jörg-Uwe Nieland, Daniel Nölleke, Christiana Schallhorn and Philip Sinner 14 Using consumption capital theory to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on major and minor sports in Germany 165 Andreas Hebbel-Seeger, Thomas Horky and Hermann A. Richter 15 Who wants football back? Surveying fans in Brazil during COVID-19 177 Ary José Rocco Junior, Thadeu Gasparetto, Marina Tranchitella, Luis Felipe Monteiro de Barros, Luiz Augusto Brum and Romulo Macedo 16 The impact of COVID-19 on athlete branding 190 Zack P. Pedersen, Antonio S. Williams and Ryan M. Brewer 17 COVID-19 as a new chance for a sport league: motivation behind watching Korea Baseball Organization games 202 Minkyo Lee, Ju Young Lee, Jinwook Chung, Inae Oh and Choonghoon Lim 18 The star and COVID-19: Serie A soccer celebrities and the self-narrative of contagion on social media 214 Mario Tirino, Luca Bifulco and Simona Castellano PART IV SPORT EVENTS 19 The impact of COVID-19 on sports events, national federations, and organizations in South Africa over a 16-month period 230 David Maralack, Donovan Jurgens and Roger Woodruff 20 Sport event pandemic risk management and what has been learned from COVID-19 245 Kong-Ting Yeh, Tsu-Lin Yeh, and Nakibae Kitiseni 21 Innovation in sport events during COVID-19 258 Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Christian Dragin-Jensen and Thomas Könecke 22 Fourteen days: athletes’ media usage and stories in hard quarantine during COVID-19 269 Sam Duncan, Tim Breitbarth and Chris Bowers 23 Sport management during COVID-19 in the Norwegian context 289 Elsa Kristiansen PART V SPORT STAKEHOLDERS 24 COVID-19 and the Bundesliga: a study of digital fan engagement strategies in professional soccer 300 Laura Matz, Gashaw Abeza and David Wagner 25 COVID-19 and the decline of volunteers in Australian community sport: solutions to move forward 312 Charles Mountifield and Stirling Sharpe 26 An assessment of mood and anxiety in university athletes and non-athletes during social mobility restrictions of COVID-19 328 Oswaldo Ceballos Gurrola, Minerva Thalia Juno Vanegas Farfano, Ramón Ernesto Mendoza Baldenebro, Rosa Elena Medina Rodríguez, Luis Tomás Ródenas Cuenca, Jeanette M. López-Walle and José Tristán Rodríguez 27 Between total loss and immunity: does the crisis resilience thesis prove its worth in times of COVID-19 in Germany? 337 Norbert Schütte 28 Parent hockey culture during “unsettled times”: COVID-19 and the hockey community 347 Sandra M. Bucerius, Bryan Hogeveen, Brad W.R. Roberts and Albert H. Vette PART VI SPORT AND SOCIETY 29 The football segment of the sport industry and the first wave of COVID-19 in Italy: a conflict analysis 358 Luca Bifulco 30 From the stadiums to the consoles: the role of sports computer games during COVID-19 374 Ilan Tamir 31 Social stratification patterns in physical activity and sports during COVID-19 384 Jeroen Scheerder, Erik Thibaut, Veerle De Bosscher, Margot Ricour and Annick Willem 32 Sports betting and COVID-19 399 Arif Yüce 33 Sports activism during the COVID-19 pandemic era 414 Orr Levental, Roy David Samuel and Yair Galily 34 Utilizing critical ethnography to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the structure of elite soccer in Korea 423 Alex Gang, Kihan Kim, Sunghwan Byun and Paul M. Pedersen Index
£213.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Rethinking Sport and Society
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£80.75
Emerald Publishing Limited Sport, Gender and Development: Intersections,
Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. In a context where striving for gender equity in relation to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals seems more pressing than ever before, Sport, Gender and Development: Intersections, Innovations and Future Trajectories brings together an exploration of sport feminisms to offer new approaches to research on Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) in global and local contexts. Including postcolonial and decolonial feminist lenses by drawing upon fieldwork with organizations and individuals in Afghanistan, Uganda, Nicaragua, and India, Sport, Gender and Development reveals the complexities of development and gender discourses and how they operate on and through researchers, practitioners, and participants' bodies. Delving into a thoughtful engagement with the (dis)connections and comparisons across these diverging contexts, this book offers a critically reflexive account of what is transpiring in the transnational sport, gender and development field, while remaining sensitive to the importance of community context and local iterations. Taking up emerging and contemporary feminist issues in sport related international development, this book advances empirical, conceptual, and theoretical developments in sport, gender and development.Trade ReviewThis is a much anticipation and welcomed text, and widely exciting because of the nuanced coalescing of three subject matters: development, gender and sport, which are deeply important to me. I know I would simply pick the book up and look to read it, based on the bringing together of Hayhurst, Thorpe and Chawansky in one space. All brilliant feminist scholars in their own right. This book will undoubtedly hold significant appeal to many of us working in the sport for development, gender, space and will become a must have resource. Those new to thinking about sport for development through a gender lens would do well to make this text their start point! I look forward to having my own well handled, marked up copy and for years to come I have no doubt I will be regularly lifting it off my book shelf and saying to research students. This is a seminal text, make sure you are familiar with it, and the broader work of those who have contributed. -- Rochelle Stewart-Withers is a Senior Lecturer at Massey University, New ZealandSport for development must urgently move beyond its missionary phase, especially after the exacerbating inequalities of COVID. For those who deploy sports to empower girls and young women and educate boys and men, this book is essential. The authors and their collaborators offer both caution and encouragement through frank theoretical insights and instructive case studies from the Global South. I found it learned, honest and extremely informative. -- Bruce Kidd, Professor Emeritus, University of TorontoTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introducing Sport, Gender and Development: A Critical Intersection Chapter 2. Doing Feminist Research in Sport, Gender and Development: Navigating Relationships, Ethics and Sweaty Concepts Chapter 3. Economic Empowerment in Sport, Gender and Development; with Payoshni Mitra Chapter 4. Action Sports for Gender Development Chapter 5. Geographies of Gender and Embodiment in Sport for Development Work Chapter 6. Entangled Human and Nonhuman Relations in Sport, Gender and Development; with Lidieth del Socorro Cruz Centeno Chapter 7. The Ethics of Visibilities: Sport for Development Media Portrayals of Girls and Women Chapter 8. Feminist Approaches to Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL); with Nida Ahmad Epilogue; Martha Saavedra
£24.50
CABI Publishing Growing Older: Tourism and Leisure Behaviour of
Book SynopsisTourism is big business, especially for older people. With the senior market becoming increasingly targeted by marketers and travel companies, both operators and leisure service providers need to be knowledgeable and sensitive to the particular characteristics, special needs and requirements of the senior market. The purpose of this book is to provide the latest research about these characteristics, tourist behaviours and leisure needs of baby boomers, seniors and older people generally and how to effectively market to this expanding group in the future.Table of Contents1: Tourism and Leisure Needs of Older Adults 2: Motivations and Constraints to Tourism and Leisure for Older Adults 3: Socio-Demographic Variables Associated with Tourism, Leisure and Ageing 4: Contemporary Trends in International Tourism and Travel for Older Adults 5: Information Sources on Tourism and Travel for Older People 6: Modes of Tourism and Leisure Travel by Older Adults 7: Different Travel Markets - Group Package Tours for Older Adults 8: Different Travel Markets - Adventure Tourism and the Baby Boomer Generation 9: Different Travel Markets - Educational Tourism and Older Adults 10: Tourism and Leisure Needs of Older Adults in Retirement Communities 11: Conclusions and Recommendations
£81.45
CABI Publishing Leisure in Contemporary Society
Book SynopsisIn Western societies, leisure has been a major force in changing people's lives. The containment of working time and the rise in spending power have been long-term trends and are likely to continue over the next decades. While growth of leisure may not have eradicated differences by social class, gender or age, it has transformed how these differences are expressed, challenged or modified. In parallel, leisure studies has itself developed significantly as an academic discipline. This second edition is a complete rewrite of the first edition published in 1999. It is an introductory undergraduate text on leisure. It has a sociological perspective and discusses recent debates and research on topics such as post-modernity, consumer cultures and lifestyles.Table of Contents1: Leisure: Past and Present 2: The Growth of Leisure 3: Work and Leisure 4: Gender 5: The Life Course 6: Lifestyles and Identities 7: Consumption and Consumerism 8: The Transformation of Leisure?
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CABI Publishing Tourism, Culture and Regeneration
Book SynopsisSustainable and integrated regeneration in the context of culture and tourism is explored for the first time within this book. The text is enhanced by international case studies.Table of Contents1: Introduction, M K Smith 2: Towards a Cultural Planning Approach to Regeneration, M K Smith 3: The Creative Turn in Regeneration: Creative Spaces, Spectacles and Tourism in Cities, G Richards, Tourism Research and Marketing, Spain, and J Wilson, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain 4: Culture, City Users and the Creation of New Tourism Areas in Cities, R Maitland, University of Westminster, UK 5: VivaCity: Mixed-Use and Urban Tourism, R Aiesha and G Evans, London Metropolitan University, UK 6: Ethnoscapes as Cultural Attractions in Canadian ‘World Cities’, S J Shaw, London Metropolitan University, UK 7: (Re)Creating Culture through Tourism: Black Heritage Sites in New Jersey, D Cheyenne Harvey, Rutgers University, USA 8: Sustainable and Responsible Leisure and Tourism Space Development in Post-industrial Cities? The case of Odaiba Waterfront City, Tokyo, Japan, M Murayama, University of Greenwich, UK, and G Parker, University of Reading, UK 9: After Regeneration the Circus Leaves Town: The Relationship between Sports Events, Tourism and Urban, A Smith, University of Westminster, UK 10: World Class: Using the Olympics to Shape and Brand the American Metropolis, C H Heying, Portland State University, USA, M J Burbank, University of Utah, USA, and G Andranovich, California State University, Los Angeles, USA 11: Touring Templates: Cultural Workers and Regeneration in Small New England Cities, M M Breitbart, Hampshire College, USA, and C Stanton, Tufts University, USA 12: Cultural Policy and Urban Restructuring in Chicago, C Spirou, National-Louis University, USA 13: Philadelphia's Avenue of the Arts: The Challenges of Implementing a Cultural District Initiative, A Maria Bounds, New York, USA 14: On the Water’s Edge: Developing Cultural Regeneration Paradigms for Urban Waterfronts, A Jones 15: Born Again: From Dock Cities to Cities of Culture, Pat Avery, University of Wales Institute Cardiff, UK 16: Interpretative Planning as a Means of Urban Regeneration: Recife, Brazil, B Bath and P Goncalves, Hove, UK 17: Conclusion, M K Smith
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CABI Publishing Global Wine Tourism
Book SynopsisWine regions are attracting increasing numbers of tourists through tours, wine festivals and events, and winery, restaurant and cellar door experiences. Using a host of case studies from Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand this book reviews the latest wine tourism research and management and marketing strategies. The book highlights the lessons learnt for wine, tourism and related industries and concludes by examining the future of the wine tourism industry.Table of Contents1: Introduction, J Carlsen and S Charters Section 1: The Wine Tourism Setting 2: Do Tourism and Wine Always Fit Together? A consideration of business motivations, R Fraser and A Alonso 3: Land Use Policy and Wine Tourism Development, P Williams, Simon Fraser University, Canada, K Graham, Business Council of British Columbia and L Mathias, Canadian Cancer Society 4: Enhancing the Wine Tourism Experience: The Customer's Viewpoint, L Roberts, Victoria University, Melbourne and B Sparks, Griffith University, Australia Section 2: Wine Tourism and Regional Development 5: Wine Tourism and Sustainable Development, J Gammack, Murdoch University, Australia 6: Emerging Wine Tourism Regions: Lesson for Development, B Sparks and J Malady, Griffith University, Australia* 7: Determinants of Quality Experiences in an Emerging Wine Region, T Griffin and A Loersch Section 3: Wine Marketing and Wine Tourism 8: Influences on post-visit wine purchase (and non-purchase) by new Zealand winery visitors, R Mitchell, University of Otago, New Zealand 9: Electronic Marketing and Wine, J Murphy 10: Understanding the impact of wine tourism on post-tour purchasing behaviour, B O'Mahony, Victoria University, Australia, J Hall, L Lockshin, University of South Australia, L Jago, Victoria University, Australia and G Brown, University of South Australia Section 4: The Cellar Door 11: Wine tourists in South Africa: a demographic and psychographic study, D Tassiopoulos and N Haydam 12: Younger Wine Tourists: A study of generational differences in the cellar door experiences, S Charters and J Fountain 13: The effects of survey timing upon visitor perceptions of cellar door quality, M O'Neill and S Charters Section 5: Wine Festivals and Events 14: Wine Festivals and tourism - a triangulated approach to festival satisfaction and quality, R Taylor 15: Wine festival: Analyses for attendees' motivational segmentation, and the event's promotional effects, J Yuan, Texas Tech University, USA, S C Jang, A C Liping and A M Morrison, Purdue University, USA and S Linton, Indiana Wine Grape Council, USA 16: A Strategic Approach to Wine Festival Development: The case of the Margaret River Wine Festival, J Carlsen and D Getz, University of Calgary, Canada Section 6: Wine Tours and Trails 17: Nautical wine tourism: A Strategic Plan to Create a Nautical Wine Trail in the Finger Lakes Wine Region of New York State, M Q Adams, University of Adelaide, Australia 18: Wine Routes in Portugal, L Correia, Leiria Institute Polytechnic, Portugal and M Passos Ascenção, HAAGA University of Applied Sciences, Finland 19: Are we there yet? How to navigate the wine trails, D Hurburgh, Myriad Research Associates, Australia and D Friend 20: Summary and Conclusions: The Future of Wine Tourism Research Management and Marketing, S Charters and J Carlsen
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CABI Publishing Tourism and Gender: Embodiment, Sensuality and
Book SynopsisWhile contemporary popular discourses dismiss gender and feminism as passé, patriarchy and sexism continue to limit human possibilities around the globe. The tourism industry can be a force for empowerment but it can also shore up exploitative gendered practices. At the same time, tourism enquiry itself continues to be dominated by western, masculinist approaches.This collection of studies seeks to advance feminist and gender tourism studies with its focus on embodiment. Broad themes include the construction of narratives, how discourses of desire, sensuality and sexuality pervade the tourism experience, the use of the body to represent femininity, masculinity and sensuality, and finally how travel and tourism allow for empowerment, resistance and carnivalesque opportunities.Table of Contents1: Editors' Introduction: Tourism, gender, embodiment and experience; A Pritchard, N Morgan, I Ateljevic and C Harris 2: The body in the tourism industry; S Veijola and A Valtonen, University of Lapland, Finland 3: Ambivalent journeys: Writing travel as the feminist stranger in Desert Places; S Fullagar, Griffith University, Australia 4: Travelling for masculinity: The construction of bodies/spaces in Israeli backpackers' narratives; C Noy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 5: The emergence of the body in the holiday accounts of women and girls; J Small, University of Technology Sydney, Australia 6: Life's a beach and then we diet: Discourses of tourism and the 'beach body' in UK women's lifestyle magazines; F Jordan, University of West England, Bristol, UK 7: The sensual embodiment of Italian women; M Abramovici, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand 8: Bodies, carnival and honey days: The example of Coney Island; C Ryan, University of Waikato Management School, New Zealand, and H Gu, Beijing International Studies University/Beijing Tourism Bureau, China 9: The embodiment of the macho gaze in South-Eastern Europe: Performing femininity and masculinity in Albania and Croatia; I Ateljevic and D Hall, Seabank Associates, UK 10: Encountering scopophillia, sensuality and desire: Engendering Tahiti; A Pritchard and N Morgan 11: Consuming exoticism and gendered space in South Africa's The Lost City; J van Eeden, University of Pretoria, South Africa 12: Advertisements as tourism space: Learning 'masculinity' and 'femininity' from New Zealand television; F Desmarais, University of Waikato, New Zealand 13: Gender posed: The people behind the postcards; G Ringer, University of Oregon, USA 14: Travelling beyond the boundaries of constraint: Women, travel and empowerment; C Harris and E Wilson, Southern Cross University, Australia 15: Tourism and anonymity: A heterosexual man's interpretation of an Israeli lesbian women's diary; Y Poria, Ben Gurion University, Israel 16: Embodying everyday masculinities in heritage tourism(s); D Knox and K Hannam, University of Sunderland, UK 17: In search of lesbian space? The experience of Manchester's Gay Village; A Pritchard, N Morgan and D Sedgley, University of Wales Institute, Wales 18: (Un)veiling women's employment in the Egyptian travel business; N S El-Sherif Ibrahim, Helwan University, Egypt, A Pritchard and E Jones, University of Wales Institute, UK 19: Gender and tourism development: a case study of the Cappadoccia region of Turkey; Sermin Elmas
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CABI Publishing Building Community Capacity for Tourism
Book SynopsisTourism has become an important tool for development in rural, remote and peripheral regions in the last 50 years. However, in many places, tourism has failed to produce the promised benefits and often caused negative impacts due to a lack of local entrepreneurial capacity to benefit from tourism business opportunities, inadequate understanding of tourism markets and limited community awareness of tourism and its impacts. Drawing attention to the potential outcomes to communities when using tourism as a development strategy, this book provides a focused analysis of this emerging issue and seeks to provide positive guidance on improving the process of tourism planning and development. Chapters compile evidence and examples of how community capacity for tourism can be built and enhanced using case studies from Asia, Africa, South America, the South Pacific and rural Australia and the United States. Providing models and frameworks that can be applied to any developing area, this book will be useful to both academic researchers and government policy makers interested in tourism and rural development.Table of ContentsPart I: Improving Knowledge of Tourism Development and It’s Impacts 1: Community Capacity Building An Emerging Challenge for Tourism Development G Moscardo 2: Enhancing the Economic Benefits of Tourism at the Local Level N Stoeckl 3: Understanding How Tourism can bring Socio-cultural Benefits to Destination Communities P Pearce 4: Linking a Sense of Place with a Sense of Care: Overcoming Sustainability Challenges Faced by Remote Communities K Walker Part II: Improving Community Knowledge of Tourism Development 5: Community based Tourism in Asia P Rocharungsat 6: Examples of Effective techniques for Enhancing Community Understanding of Tourism J Sammy 7: Tools to Enhance Community Capacity to Critically Evaluate Tourism Activities K Walker Part III: Improving Community Participation in Tourism Development 8: Partnerships for Tourism Development Amanda Stronza 9: Enhancing Participation of Women in Tourism Haretsebe Manwa 10: Entrepreneurship and the Rural Tourism Industry: A Primer N G. McGehee and C S. Kline 11: Perspectives on Leadership Coaching for Regional Tourism Managers and Entrepreneurs A Blackman 12: Capacity Building Through Cooperation R Monypenny
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Liverpool University Press Leisure
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Valuing Recreation and the Environment: Revealed
Book SynopsisThis impressive volume analyzes revealed preference approaches to modelling the demand for recreational resources. It presents one of the most thorough treatments of methods that rely on observed behavior to estimate the value of environmental amenities.The authors have brought together a collection of papers by top applied environmental economists, providing professional economists and policy analysts with a comprehensive reference on the current state-of-the-art in recreation demand analysis. The papers encompass both the theory of welfare measurement and practical applications. This volume will be essential reading for those interested in 'tooling up' on revealed preference approaches. For long-term practitioners, the papers provide an invaluable reference on recent developments in their field.Trade Review'Although it deals with valuing recreational resorts using revealed preference methods, this is not a book to bring to your recreation resort. The papers which make up the content are so interesting, well-written and contain such a wealth of information that you will not find time to explore even the sunniest beaches or the most scenic landscapes.' -- Henk Folmer, Wageningen Agricultural University and Tilburg University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Behavioral Basis of Non-Market Valuation 2. Welfare Analysis with Discrete Choice Models 3. TWO RUMS UnCLOAKED: Nested-Logit Models of Site Choice and Nested-Logit Models of Participation and Site Choice 4. Mixed Logit Models for Recreation Demand 5. An Empirical Assessment of Multinominal Probit and Logit Models for Recreation Demand 6. Corner Solution Models of Recreation Demand: A Comparison of Competing Frameworks 7. Joint Estimation of Contingent Valuation and Truncated Recreational Demands 8. Nonresponse Bias in Mail Survey Data: Salience vs. Endogenous Survey Complexity 9. Recreation Demand Systems for Multiple Site Count Data Travel Cost Models 10. Can We Count on Count Models? Index
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University of Nevada Press All In: The Spread of Gambling in Twentieth-Century United States
Book SynopsisGambling, the risky enterprise of chance, is one of America’s favorite pastimes. Office March Madness brackets, a day at the race track, a friendly wager, the random ridiculous Super Bowl prop bet, bingo night, or the latest media frenzy over the Powerball jackpot—all emphasize the ubiquity of this major economic force and cultural phenomenon. Approximately 70 percent of Americans regularly engage in some form of betting, amounting to over $140 billion in combined casino and lottery revenue every year. A hundred years ago, however, legal gambling was a rarity in the United States. A fresh take on the history of modern American gambling, All In provides a closer look at the shifting economic, cultural, religious, and political conditions that facilitated gambling’s expansion and prominence in American consumerism and popular culture. In its pages a diverse range of essays covering commercial and Native American casinos, sports betting, lotteries, bingo, and more piece together a picture of how gambling became so widespread over the course of the twentieth century.Drawing from a range of academic disciplines, this collection explores five aspects of American gambling history: crime, advertising, politics, religion, and identity.In doing so, All In illuminates the on-the-ground debates over gambling’s expansion, the failed attempts to thwart legalized betting, and the consequences of its present ubiquity in the United States.Trade ReviewA diverse range of essays covering commercial and Native American casinos, lotteries, sports betting, pool rooms, bingo, and more, All In pieces together a picture of how gambling became so widespread in the United States and the cultural, political, and economic consequences of this ubiquity."" - Chloe Taft, author of From Steel to Slots: Casino Capitalism in the Postindustrial City
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Rutgers University Press Lakota Hoops: Life and Basketball on Pine Ridge
Book SynopsisFor over 150 years the Lakota have tenaciously defended their culture and land against white miners, settlers, missionaries, and the U.S. Army, and paid the price. Their economy is in shambles and they face serious social issues, but their culture and outlook remain vibrant. Basketball has a role to play in the way that people on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation configure their hopes for a better future, and for pride in their community. In Lakota Hoops, anthropologist Alan Klein trains his experienced eye on the ways that Lakota traditions find a seamless expression in the sport. In a variety of way such as weaving time-honored religious practices into the game or extending the warrior spirit of Crazy Horse to the players on the court, basketball has become a preferred way of finding continuity with the past. But the game is also well suited to the present and has become the largest regular gathering for all Lakota, promoting national pride as well as a venue for the community to creatively and aggressively confront white bigotry when needed. Richly researched and filled with interviews with Pine Ridge residents, including both male and female players, Lakota Hoops offers a compelling look at the highs and lows of a community that has made basketball its own.Trade Review"Basketball is so much more than just a game; it is a cultural resource that allows the Pine Ridge community to express their identity against a social landscape of poverty, racism, and domination. In Lakota Hoops, Klein provides an important statement about sport in Indian Country, sketching out the larger structural landscape in which the actions of some Lakota basketball players unfold. In learning about the individuals, we learn the logic behind their actions and how they interact with the larger context of ongoing US colonization of native lands." -- Jeffery Montez de Oca * author of Discipline and Indulgence *"I've long thought that Alan Klein might be the most important anthropologist of sport in our midst. Lakota Hoops confirms that. Unflinchingly honest, brilliantly argued, and gracefully written, it's a tour de force about sport, Lakota culture, and a reality this nation has yet to fully confront." -- Rob Ruck * Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL *Alan Klein interview with Ramon Maclin about Lakota Hoops * Alan Klein interview with Ramon Maclin *Basketball is so much more than just a game; it is a cultural resource that allows the Pine Ridge community to express their identity against a social landscape of poverty, racism, and domination. In Lakota Hoops, Klein provides an important statement about sport in Indian Country, sketching out the larger structural landscape in which the actions of some Lakota basketball players unfold. In learning about the individuals, we learn the logic behind their actions and how they interact with the larger context of ongoing US colonization of native lands. -- Jeffery Montez de Oca * author of Discipline and Indulgence *I've long thought that Alan Klein might be the most important anthropologist of sport in our midst. Lakota Hoops confirms that. Unflinchingly honest, brilliantly argued, and gracefully written, it's a tour de force about sport, Lakota culture, and a reality this nation has yet to fully confront. -- Rob Ruck * Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL *Alan Klein interview with Ramon Maclin about Lakota Hoops * Alan Klein interview with Ramon Maclin *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Landmarks in Lakota LifeTHE GOOD Chapter 2: SWEATING, SMUDGING, AND SUN DANCING: Dusty LeBeau’s Fusion of Basketball and Tradition Chapter 3: THE LAKOTA NATION INVITATIONAL: Bryan Brewer’s Invented Tradition Chapter 4: “MANNING UP:” Jess Heart, Lakota Manhood and Hoops Chapter 5: LAURA BIG CROW: Coming Back, to Pass It ForwardTHE BAD Chapter 6: PINE RIDGE - RED CLOUD RIVALRY: The Tip of a Factional Ice Berg Chapter 7: CRABS IN A BUCKET: Lakota Factionalism and BasketballTHE UGLY Chapter 8: ENGAGING ACRIMONY: Racism and Lakota Basketball in South Dakota Index
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Rutgers University Press Changing on the Fly: Hockey through the Voices of
Book SynopsisWinner of the NASSS Outstanding Book Award Hockey and multiculturalism are often noted as defining features of Canadian culture; yet, rarely are we forced to question the relationship and tensions between these two social constructs. This book examines the growing significance of hockey in Canada’s South Asian communities. The Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi broadcast serves as an entry point for a broader consideration of South Asian experiences in hockey culture based on field work and interviews conducted with hockey players, parents, and coaches in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. This book seeks to inject more “color” into hockey’s historically white dominated narratives and representations by returning hockey culture to its multicultural roots. It encourages alternative and multiple narratives about hockey and cultural citizenship by asking which citizens are able to contribute to the webs of meaning that form the nation’s cultural fabric.Trade Review"Changing on the Fly will force a rethinking of race, hockey, and the politics of citizenship in the social margins. In this pioneering text, Szto’s rich intertextuality highlights the competing and contradictory nature of race and representation in sport. There is nothing else like it." -- Stanley Thangaraj * author of Desi Hoop Dreams *"Changing on the Fly offers an original, powerful analysis of the hockey rink and the racial, national, gendered, and political landscape. Szto's ability to build on existing scholarship all while carving out new areas of analysis and her centering of South Asian Canadians' voices will change the ways we talk about sport, about hockey and about the (South) Asian Diaspora. Stzo is a force who will shape discussions in sports studies for decades to come. The future of sports studies is in good hands with Stzo leading the way." -- David Leonard * author of Playing While White: Privilege and Power on and off the Field *"A groundbreaking book. Courtney Szto’s insightful study of hockey’s growing significance in Canadian South Asian communities, as well as challenges faced by racialized Canadians when they play the game, makes an important contribution to the analysis of contemporary Canadian society." -- Richard Gruneau * Simon Fraser University *"This is a desperately-needed intervention from our most influential scholar of race and hockey through both a systematic and nuanced analysis of how multiculturalism and racism shape Canada and its beloved sport, and a powerful account of how those dynamics are experienced." -- Nathan Kalman-Lamb * author of Game Misconduct: Injury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport *"Interview: Dr. Courtney Szto, author of "Changing on the Fly: Hockey Through the Voices of South Asian Canadians" https://www.burnitalldownpod.com/episodes/interview-dr-courtney-szto-author-of-changing-on-the-fly-hockey-through-the-voices-of-south-asian-canadians * Burn It All Down podcast *"Changing on the Fly interrogates the culture of hockey honestly, and from a place of love, offering a critique that is meant to change the nature of the sport so that everyone — not just white, straight Canadian men and boys — can truly have a place in it." * The Tyee *"The groundbreaking work of Courtney Szto in Changing on the Fly captures the multiple ways that the Canadian national pastime of ice hockey constitutes an important site to examine the essential izing and shifting realms of race and belonging....[A] call to action and a demand to think about race critically in relation to sport and the nation. Changing on the Fly destabilizes the normative investments in sport and the nation while articulating forms of citizenship that can be liberating. With the increasing discussion and silence around race in professional sports, this book is vital to understanding the expansive infrastructure that secures whiteness and excludes communities of color." * Sociology of Sport Journal *Table of ContentsContents Dedication - iii List of Acronyms - vii Acknowledgements - 1 Introduction - 2 Complicating Canadian Culture - 7 Research Methods - 13 Overview of the Book - 17 Chapter 1 Myth Busting: Hockey, multiculturalism, and Canada - 21 Myth #1: Hockey is Canada - 21 Who or what are we integrating? - 26 Myth #2: Canada is a multicultural haven - 31 Whiteness in Canadian hockey - 38 Citizenship - 41 South Asians in Canada - 44 The Space of Surrey - 48 Chapter 2 Narratives from the Screen: Media and cultural citizenship - 53 Hockey Night in Punjabi - 55 Ethnic (Sports) Media - 59 Breaking Barriers - 62 Co-Authoring One’s Existence - 63 Limits of Ethnic Media - 71 Chapter 3 White Spaces, Different Faces: Policing membership at the rink and in the nation - 78 Who belongs in a space? Who is trespassing? - 79 Self-Identification - 88 Brown - 92 Being the Only One - 98 Chapter 4 Racist Taunts of Just Chirping? - 101 Just chirping? - 105 Was it really racist? - 111 An archive of evidence - 119 Chapter 5 South Asian Masculinities and Femininities - 124 The irony of hockey performativity - 124 South Asian masculinities - 132 Verbal trauma and the body - 138 South Asian femininities - 143 The noisiness of women’s hockey - 149 Chapter 6 Hockey Hurdles and Resilient Subjects: Unpacking forms of capital - 157 Navigating forms of capital - 166 Cost, time, and interconnections with other forms of capital - 166 Language and other aspects of cultural capital - 170 The gatekeepers - 175 Assumptions about diversity: Flaws in logic - 181 Meritocratic and resilient subjects - 185 Chapter 7 Racialized Money and White Fragility: Class and resentment in hockey - 192 Model minorities - 193 Throwing money at hockey - 199 White fragility - 204 Brown out hockey: Capitalism at its best - 209 Chapter 8 Taking Stock: Public memory and the re-telling of hockey in Canada - 217 Hockey Hall of Fame - 220 The role of media - 223 Writing in: DIY citizenship - 226 Conclusion: A commitment to the future - 232 Shifting labor - 235 Writing the wrong - 239 Appendix A: Qualitative methodology - 241 Appendix B: Participant information - 254 Appendix C: British Columbia competitive hockey structure - 256 References - 258 About the author - 296
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Rutgers University Press Soccer in Mind: A Thinking Fan's Guide to the
Book SynopsisFrom the FIFA World Cup to pick-up games at your local park, soccer is the closest thing in our world to a universal entertainment. Many writers use this global popularity to describe the game’s winners and losers, but what happens when we use social science to explore how soccer intersects with culture, society, and the self? This book provides a thinking fan’s guide to the world’s most popular game, proposing a way of engaging soccer that sparks intellectual curiosity and employs critical consciousness. Using stories and data, along with ideas from sociology, psychology, and across the social sciences, it provides readers with new ways of understanding fanaticism, peak performance, talent development, and more. Drawing on concepts ranging from cognitive bias to globalization, it illuminates meanings of the game for players and fans while investigating impacts on our lives and communities. While it considers soccer cultures across the globe, the book also analyzes what makes U.S. soccer culture special, including its embrace of the women’s game. As a scholar, former minor league player and coach, and fan, Andrew Guest offers a distinctive perspective on soccer in society. Whatever name you call it, and whatever your interest in it, Soccer in Mind will enrich your own view of the one truly global game.Trade Review"Andrew Guest uses sociology and psychology to guide readers into a world of complex and malleable meanings associated with global soccer. With an engaging writing style, he presents an insightful introduction to the ways that critical thinking about sports enables us to play with ideas as we develop a better understanding of ourselves and the social worlds in which we live."— Jay Coakley, author of Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies “Soccer in Mind is a fun and thought-provoking read. By bringing social science theories and research findings to some of the most well-known, thrilling moments from soccer past and present, Guest illustrates a ‘thinking fandom’ that encourages us all to be more curious observers of the global game. Ultimately, this book helps us to understand ourselves through soccer, offering a compelling take not only on who we are, but also how we can be better.”— Rachel Allison, author of Kicking Center: Gender and the Selling of Women's Professional SoccerTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1. Lenses: Psychology, Sociology, and the Ways Soccer Explains Us 2. Fans: Losing Your Mind and Finding Your Place 3. Cultures: Soccer is Familiar, Soccer is Strange 4. Players: Talent Development Versus Human Development 5. Performances: Mental Skills, People Skills, and the Psychology in Soccer 6. Impacts: Players, Games, and the Greater Good 7. Initiatives: Soccer for Development and Peace 8. Futures: Toward Thinking Fandom Notes Index
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Rutgers University Press Special Admission: How College Sports Recruitment Favors White Suburban Athletes
Book SynopsisHonorable Mention - 2022 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book AwardSpecial Admission contradicts the national belief that college sports provide upward mobility opportunities. Kirsten Hextrum documents how white middle-class youth become overrepresented on college teams. Her institutional ethnography of one elite athletic and academic institution includes over 100 hours of interviews with college rowers and track & field athletes. She charts the historic and contemporary relationships between colleges, athletics, and white middle-class communities that ensure white suburban youth are advantaged in special athletic admissions. Suburban youth start ahead in college admissions because athletic merit—the competencies desired by university recruiters—requires access to vast familial, communal, and economic resources, all of which are concentrated in their neighborhoods. Their advantages increase as youth, parents, and coaches strategically invest in and engineer novel opportunities to maintain their race and class status. Thus, college sports allow white, middle-class athletes to accelerate their racial and economic advantages through admission to elite universities.Trade Review"With careful research and astute analysis, Kirsten Hextrum unveils the systemic ways privilege works in and through sport. Special Admission is a game-changer for anyone who cares about college sports and social justice." -- Michael A. Messner * Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Southern California *"Kirsten Hextrum has perfect timing. Her work is not only topical but carefully researched and very well-argued. She reveals the extent of special admissions for athletes and its negative effects: on the university and, ironically, often on the athletes themselves. Special Admission is a must-read for everyone concerned with unfair college admission procedures, and especially for all those parents who are dreaming of athletic scholarships for their children." -- Murray Sperber * Indiana University, Bloomington, author of Beer and Circus: How Bigtime College Sports Is Crippling Undergraduate Education *“Special Admission is a truly outstanding work that provides a point of informed entry into a previously largely neglected topic. It is a graphic indictment of an institution which–despite all reifying allusions to the contrary–is a highly effective engine of social differentiation.” -- David L. Andrews * Physical Cultural Studies Research Group, University of Maryland, author of Making Sport Great Again: The Uber-Sport Assemblage, Neoliberalism, and the Trump Conjuncture *"College athletics are routinely portrayed as a vehicle of social mobility. Kirsten Hextrum proves that the opposite is true. White-dominated sports, such as crew and lacrosse, offer a hidden pathway to college admissions that is known only to affluent, suburban parents. Meticulously researched and conversationally written, Special Admission exposes the fundamental unfairness and hypocrisy of college sports. It impels action." -- Evan J. Mandery * author of A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America *"What the NCAA ruling really means for student athletes" by Faith Karimi * CNN.com *"Supreme Court Roundup: Voting Rights And NCAA Athletes" interview with Kristen Hextrum * WORT - "A Public Affair" *"Readers engaging with this book can expect to understand the historical, political, and economic factors that influence current practices in college admissions, with a critical analysis about the racial and gender exclusion of non-white athletes and the concentration of resources in white, suburban areas. Central themes within the work focus on race, gender, economic status, state control and access to resources as the contextual factors that influence the favoritism of white athletes in college admissions." * International Journal of Educational Integrity *"Special Admission: Dr. Kirsten Hextrum Discusses How College Athletic Recruitment Favors White Suburbia" * Diverse: Issues in Higher Education *"With careful research and astute analysis, Kirsten Hextrum unveils the systemic ways privilege works in and through sport. Special Admission is a game-changer for anyone who cares about college sports and social justice." -- Michael A. Messner * Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Southern California *"Kirsten Hextrum has perfect timing. Her work is not only topical but carefully researched and very well-argued. She reveals the extent of special admissions for athletes and its negative effects: on the university and, ironically, often on the athletes themselves. Special Admission is a must-read for everyone concerned with unfair college admission procedures, and especially for all those parents who are dreaming of athletic scholarships for their children." -- Murray Sperber * Indiana University, Bloomington, author of Beer and Circus: How Bigtime College Sports Is Crippling *“Special Admission is a truly outstanding work that provides a point of informed entry into a previously largely neglected topic. It is a graphic indictment of an institution which–despite all reifying allusions to the contrary–is a highly effective engine of social differentiation.” -- David L. Andrews * Physical Cultural Studies Research Group, University of Maryland, author of Making Sport Great Again *"College athletics are routinely portrayed as a vehicle of social mobility. Kirsten Hextrum proves that the opposite is true. White-dominated sports, such as crew and lacrosse, offer a hidden pathway to college admissions that is known only to affluent, suburban parents. Meticulously researched and conversationally written, Special Admission exposes the fundamental unfairness and hypocrisy of college sports. It impels action." -- Evan J. Mandery * author of A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America *"What the NCAA ruling really means for student athletes" by Faith Karimi * CNN.com *"Supreme Court Roundup: Voting Rights And NCAA Athletes" interview with Kristen Hextrum * WORT - "A Public Affair" *"Readers engaging with this book can expect to understand the historical, political, and economic factors that influence current practices in college admissions, with a critical analysis about the racial and gender exclusion of non-white athletes and the concentration of resources in white, suburban areas. Central themes within the work focus on race, gender, economic status, state control and access to resources as the contextual factors that influence the favoritism of white athletes in college admissions." * International Journal of Educational Integrity *"Special Admission: Dr. Kirsten Hextrum Discusses How College Athletic Recruitment Favors White Suburbia" * Diverse: Issues in Higher Education *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 Gentlemen’s Agreement: College Sports Become a State Institution 2 The State Alignment: White Suburbia and Athletic Talent 3 Build a Wall: The State Segregates Sports 4 Activating Capital: Pay-to-Play Sports 5 A Guide: Socializing Future College Athletes 6 The Offer Letter: Athletic Talent Secures Preferential College Access Conclusion: Altering the Path Appendix A: Study Participant Background Characteristics Appendix B: Participant Recruitment Appendix C: High School Sports Relative to College Sports Acknowledgments Notes References Index
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Coaching for Human Development and Performance in
Book Synopsis This book addresses important topics of coaching in order to better understand what sports coaching is and the challenges that arise when assuming this activity. It provides the reader with useful insights to the field of sports coaching, and discusses topics such as coaching education, areas of intervention, and main challenges. With contributions by experts and well-known authors in the field, this volume presents an up-to-date picture of the scholarship in the coaching field. It introduces key aspects on the future of the science of coaching and provides coach educators, researchers, faculty, and students with new perspectives on topics within the field to help improve their coaching effectiveness. Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. 7 Part 1 - Becoming a sports coach. 12 1 – Coaching in the Sport Domain: Definitions and Conceptualisations. 13 2 – Coaching Educational Programs: (Re)conceptualising How Coaches Learn. 41 3 – Coaching Efficacy: The Leadership Effectiveness Model 68 4 – Coaching Impact: The Transformational Coach in Sports. 117 5 – Coaching Around the World: On Becoming a Profession. 147 Part 2 - Acting as a sports coach. 191 6 – Coaching Profession: Acting as a Coach. 192 7 – Coaching Youth Athletes. 218 8 – Coaching High Performance Athletes. 258 9 – Coaching Life Skills to Young Athletes in Sport Participation Contexts. 308 10 – Coaching for Adventures Sports. 345 11 – Coaching Aging Athletes. 378 12 – Coaching Athletes with Disabilities. 409 Part 3 - Challenges of sports coaching. 440 13 – Coaching and Athlete Mental Health. 441 14 – Coaching Life Skills in Sports People. 467 15 – Coaching Cohesive Teams. 494 16 – Coaching Girls and Women. 524 17 – Coaching Efficacy and the Use of Technology. 543 18 – Coaching under Stress and Burnout 570 19 – Coaching the Coach: Helping Coaches Improve Their Performance. 615 20 – Coaching and Effective Leaders: An Overview and Recommended Research Agenda 669 21- Coaching in Sports: Implications for Researchers and Coaches 711
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Palgrave Handbook of Sport, Politics and Harm
Book SynopsisThis book looks historically at the harm that has been inflicted in the practice of sport and at some of the issues, debates and controversies that have arisen as a result. Written by experts in history, sociology, sport journalism and public health, the book considers sport and injury in relation to matters of social class; gender; ethnicity and race; sexuality; political ideology and national identity; health and wellbeing; childhood; animal rights; and popular culture. These matters are, in turn, variously related to a range of sports, including ancient, pre- and early industrial sports; American football; boxing; wrestling and other combat sports; mountaineering; horseracing; cycling; motor racing; rugby football; cricket; association football; baseball; basketball; Crossfit; ice hockey; Olympic sports; Mixed Martial Arts; and sport in an imagined dystopian future.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Section 1: Bodily Damage and Pre- and Early Industrial Sport, Chapter 1 Honor, Injury, and Death in the Athletics of the Ancient World, Michael B. Poliakof.- Chapter 2. ‘Beastly fury and extreme violence’: pain, injury and death in pre-industrial British and Irish football, Ariel Hessayon.- Chapter 3 Violence, injury and the politics of the evolving football codes, Liam O’Callaghan.- Chapter 4 “Though he was evidently suffering great pain, he bore it well:” Early Twentieth Century Attitudes Toward Injury in North American Combat Sports, Nathan Hatton.- Section 2 The NFL: Politics, Injury and American National Identity, Chapter 5 Inflaming the Civic Temper: Head Injury and Violence Debates in Early U.S. American Football, Emily Harrison.- Chapter 6 A Problem That Cries Out For Standards: Football Helmets, Conceptions of Risk, and the National Commission on Product Safety, 1967-1970, Kathleen Bachynski.- Chapter 7 ‘Lights Out: The National Football League, Concussion Research, and the Suppression of Evidence’, Lucia Trimbur.- Chapter 8 Injuries as Usual: The Football Problem(s) in American Society, Peter Benson and Adam Rugg.- Section 3 Sporting Females and the Politics of Injury.- Chapter 9 Injury at the Extreme: Alison Hargreaves, mountaineering and motherhood, Carol Osborne.- Chapter 10 Gendered Bodies, Gendered Injuries, Kath Woodward.- Chapter 11 The Not So Glamorous World of Women’s Wrestling, Karen Corteen.- Section 4 Sport as Transport: Horse, Cycle and Motor Racing and the Politics of Safety.- Chapter 12 Fallers: Politics, Injury and Death in Horseracing, Patrick Sharman.- Chapter 13 “Dishing out the pain” in professional cycling, Peter Bramham.- Chapter 14. Flapping His Elbows and Making Chicken Noises at Me: The Politics of Driver and Spectator Safety in Formula One Motor Racing, Stephen Wagg.- Section 5: Sport, Injury and the Culture of Late Capitalism.- Chapter 15 McDonaldization and Sporting Bodies: The Irrationality of Sport Rationalization, David Andrews.- Chapter 16 The ‘Concussion Crisis’ and the Gift Economy: Athletes’ Brain Donation and the Political Economy of Dissection, Sean Brayton and Michelle Helstein.- Chapter 17 The Collegiate Arms Race: Aspiration, Injury and the Inner City Black Male in US Basketball, Scott Brooks.- Chapter 18 Consenting to Violence: The Politics of Sports Injury, Jill Weinberg.- Chapter 19 Forging Elite Fitness? Crossfit, Injury and the Politics of Risk, Shaun Edmonds.- Chapter 20 Medical Care as Self-Defence: Mixed Martial Arts, Sports Medics and the Politics of Injury, Alex Channon, Christopher R. Matthews and Mathew Hillier.- Chapter 21, Colour Blind and Ready to Play: Sport, Labour, and Whiteness in The Hunger Games Film Series, Nicholas Rickards.- Section 6: Sport and Injury – Case Studies, Chapter 22 Injury and Olympic Politics, 1896-1988 , Helen Jefferson Lenskyj and Lee Hill.- Chapter 23 ‘Fits and starts’: Re-examining the Mystery of Brazilian Footballer Ronaldo and the 1998 World Cup Final, John Sugden.- Chapter 24 The Cricket Pitch as ‘Unsafe Workplace’: Sports Culture and the Death of Phillip Hughes, David Rowe.- Chapter 25 Muhammad Ali, Sport Celebrity and Perceptions of Parkinson’s Disease, Nicole Eugene and Jenny Nelson.- Chapter 26 Contextualizing Jordan McNair: Injurious Practices, Disposable Black Bodies, and Regressive Nationalism, Physical Cultural Studies Research Group, University of Maryland.- Chapter 27 ‘Snipers Stop Play’ The Israeli Defence Force and the Shooting of Palestinian Footballers, Jon Dart.- Section 7: Sport, Harm and the Politics of Wellbeing, Chapter 28 Sport and Abuse of the Young, Melanie Lang.- Chapter 29 Side-lined: Boys, Sport, and Depression, Michael Atkinson and Kristina Smith.- Chapter 30 Deny, Conceal, Confuse, Conflate: Responses to Safety Suggestions in Schools’ Rugby, Allyson Pollock and Graham Kirkwood.- Conclusion
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Springer International Publishing AG Sport for Sustainable Development: Historical and
Book SynopsisThis book looks at the potential of sport to contribute to wide-ranging development outcomes, which have been recognized across international policy declarations, most significantly in the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development. It provides a theoretical approach to sport and development. It begins by addressing the basic concepts of sport development and sustainability and then discusses the potential contribution of sport to five prioritized SDGs (SDGs 3, 4, 5, 8 and 16) and the environment as one of the sustainable development pillars that may contribute to SDGs 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. This academic resource provides a macro view to students and researchers of sports sciences to know more about the fundamental concepts of sustainable development goals, and to enhance their knowledge about sport as a conduit that can help achieve wider development outcomes rather than being an end in itself. This book is of interest to students and researchers of sports studies, from sociology to management, and researchers and policy makers interested in sport and sustainable development.Table of ContentsConceptual and Theoretical perspectives.- Sport for Health and Well-being.- Sport for Inclusive and Equitable Education.- Sport for Gender Equality and Empowerment.- Sport for Sustainable Economic Growth.- Sport for Sustainable Environment.- Sport for Peace and Integration.
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Springer International Publishing AG Tackling Stereotype: Corporeal Reflexivity and
Book SynopsisThis book presents a critical rethinking of assumptions that have informed our understanding of women’s engagement in contact sport, based on an in-depth ethnography with an English rugby team. Looking at the day-to-day concerns of women who play rugby, this work provides a refreshing perspective on different ways of doing femininities in postfeminist times. Women’s rugby is one of the world’s fastest growing sports, yet it is also a physical game that is traditionally the preserve of men. Tackling Stereotypes reveals the cultural and symbolic stigma that ‘sticks’ to women’s rugby players and the tactics they use to carve out space for themselves and fight for legitimacy. It also argues that players engage in pragmatic politics, informed by their participation, that aims to enact realistic change. Branchu develops a situational sociology that furthers debates in the understanding of gender, belonging, becoming, embodiment, resistance politics, and the sociological study of sport.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: Kicking offChapter 2. Stereotypes that stick: moral economy and cultural politicsChapter 3. Understanding Participation: Dispositions, Situations, and (Infra)structures Chapter 4. Integrating the team: identity, becomings and careersChapter 5. “The physical side”: Getting a feel for the game - pains and pleasures of play Chapter 6. The ‘social side’: rugby culture, reflexivity and the space of women’s rugby Chapter 7. Influencing the field: tactics and politics of play Chapter 8. Conclusions: Politics of play and pragmatic politics
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Springer International Publishing AG The Palgrave Handbook of Disability Sport in
Book SynopsisThis handbook explores the various ways in which disability sport is governed and organised across Europe, as well as examining the extent to which persons with a disability participate in sport at the grassroots level. Based upon a solid theoretical framework and up-to-date data, the 19 country-specific chapters in this handbook give a comparative overview of the structuring, steering and supporting elements of disability sport policy and sport participation levels amongst persons with a disability, as well as the extent to which countries adopt policies to promote inclusion in sport in this population. A multitude of authors also identify the various methods and challenges in collecting sport participation data with regard to persons with a disability. This handbook will be a valuable resource for academic study across a range of sport and disability related programs, as well as a point of reference for researchers and policymakers working in this area.Table of Contents1. Introduction. Sport participation a human right for persons with a disabilityCaroline van Lindert, Jeroen Scheerder, and Ian Brittain 2. Understanding disability, disability sport and inclusion Ian Brittain, Caroline van Lindert, and Jeroen Scheerder 3. Participation in sport and physical activity amongst people with a disability. A pan-European comparative approach Jeroen Scheerder, Kobe Helsen, Caroline van Lindert, and Ian Brittain 4. Denmark: Disability sports policy at arm’s length Christian Røj Voldby and Karsten Elmose-Østerlund 5. Finland. Facts behind the long and complicated process of disability inclusion in sports Kati Lehtonen and Aija Saari 6. Disability and sport in Iceland Ingi Þór Einarsson and Vidar Halldorsson 7. Norway Marit Sørensen and Nina Kahrs 8. Beyond inclusion - opportunity structures in sports for all in Sweden Kim Wickman and Linda Torége 9. Ireland Catherine Carty and Paul Kitchin 10. Northern Ireland: Disability Sport in a Shared Space Paul Kitchin and Catherine Carty 11. United Kingdom: An inclusionary approach to sport Matej Christiaens, Ian Brittain, and Christopher Brown 12. Austria: Half Way to Inclusion? Torsten Wojciechowski and Claudia Stura 13. Disability sport in Belgium/Flanders. From a fragmented mosaic towards a more inclusive landscape Debbie Van Biesen and Jeroen Scheerder 14. Complexity and Coexistence: Disability Sport in Germany Jürgen Mittag 15. The Netherlands, towards inclusive sport for people with a disability Caroline van Lindert and Maxine de Jonge 16. Switzerland Julia Albrecht, Siegfried Nagel, and Christoffer Klenk 17. Hungary: Rise of attention given to disability sports Szilvia Perényi and Zsuzsanna Szilárd 18. Disability Sport in Lithuania Jurate Pozeriene and Diana Reklaitiene 19. Structure of the analysis on the development and situation of disability sport in Slovenia Mojca Doupona and Simona Kustec 20. Portugal: pathways of sport for people with disabilities Leonardo José Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Anabela Vitorino and Nuno M. Pimenta 21. Disability sport in Spain Javier Pérez-Tejero and Cati Lecumberri 22. Turkey (Republic of Turkey): Disability Sports, Policies and Implementations Yeşim Albayrak Kuruoğlu 23. The landscape of sport for persons with a disability: a system within a system Caroline van Lindert, Jeroen Scheerder, and Ian Brittain
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Palgrave Macmillan Feminist Futures for Sport
Book Synopsis1 Feminist futures in sport: Exploring the affective dynamics of gender equity in Australian Rules Football and roller derby.-2 Affect and sport organizations: Conceptualizing the sport-gender assemblage.-3 Feminist new materialisms: Researching (how) sport matters.-4 The affective dynamics of sporting bodies.-5 Gendered sports monies.-6 Derby diffracted.-7 Feminist futures in sport: #sportaffects sport organizations, governance and leadership
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Alterssport motivierend gestalten: Grundlagen und
Book SynopsisRobert Rupp zeigt auf Basis einer qualitativen empirischen Studie fundiert und praxisorientiert auf, wie gesundheitsorientierte Bewegungsangebote für ältere Menschen so gestaltet werden können, dass sie auf Teilnehmende motivational bindend wirken. Unter der Leitidee der Befriedigung psychologischer Grundbedürfnisse werden potenzielle und realisierte Wege zur Erfüllung des Bedürfnisses nach Kompetenzerleben im Alterssport analysiert, welches zu den bedeutendsten Motivationsquellen für sportliche Aktivität zählt. Das breite Panorama identifizierter Befriedigungswege wird in eine Systematik überführt, um den Zielbereich der Motivationsförderung im Alterssport zielgerichtet ansteuern und evaluieren zu können.Table of ContentsAnalyse aktueller Alterssportkonzepte.- Theoretische Grundlagen einer Bedürfnisorientierung im Alterssport.- Explorative Pilotstudie zur Bedürfnissituation körperlich aktiver Älterer.- Systematisierte Praxisempfehlungen zur Motivationsförderung im Alterssport.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Die Landschaft des Tourismus: Wie Landschaft von
Book SynopsisErik Aschenbrand untersucht, wie Vorstellungen von Landschaft durch Reiseveranstalter modifiziert und verfestigt werden, wo sich die Vorbilder touristischer Landschaftsmotive lokalisieren lassen und wer in der Lage ist, neue werbewirksame Vorstellungen zu erzeugen. Auf der Grundlage genauer Beobachtungen und eigener beruflicher Erfahrungen in der Tourismuswirtschaft analysiert er verschiedene Formen der touristischen Aneignung von Landschaft und erklärt die soziale Konstruktion des ‚Typischen‘, die Abläufe sozialen Distinktionsverhaltens sowie die Mechanismen der sozialen Konstruktion touristischer Landschaften im Besonderen und von Landschaft im Allgemeinen.Table of ContentsLandschaftstheorie.- Verbreitung und Entwicklung landschaftlicher Stereotype.- Diskursanalyse der Tourismuswerbung.- Tourismusforschung in teilnehmender Beobachtung.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Fußball und Nationalstolz in Deutschland: Eine
Book SynopsisBasierend auf einer repräsentativen Längsschnittstudie rund um die Fußballeuropameisterschaft2016 geht das Buch dem Zusammenhang zwischen Fußball und Nationalstolz nach. Es wird gezeigt, wie die Identifikation mit der Fußballnationalmannschaft mit einer Verbundenheit zumNationalstaat und mit expressiven patriotischen Verhaltensweisen einhergeht. In welchenBevölkerungsgruppen ein solcher fußballbezogener Patriotismus stärker verbreitet ist, wird ebensodiskutiert, wie die Frage, durch welche Bedingungen und Mechanismen dieser hervorgerufen oderverstärkt bwird. Es wird empirisch gezeigt, ob fußballbezogener Nationalstolz harmlos odergefährlich, ausgrenzend oder inklusiv, flüchtig oder länger anhaltend ist. Mit diesen Themen undFragestellungen zeigt das Buch am Beispiel des Fußballs konkret und anschaulich auf, wie derSpitzensport tief in die Gesellschaft hinein wirken kann.Table of ContentsWer hat Angst vor Schwarz-Rot-Gold? · Die Nation als soziale Konstruktion · Die Identifikationsfunktion(en) des Spitzensports · Zur Untersuchung · Ergebnisse der Studie im Querschnitt (u.a. Die Rezeption der Fußball-EM in der Bevölkerung, Erlebensqualitäten beim Zuschauen, Expressiver Fußballpatriotismus in Deutschland) · Ergebnisse der Studie im Längsschnitt (u.a. Die Identifikation mit der Nationalelf, Sportlicher Erfolg als Quelle für Nationalstolz, Einstellungen zum Nationalstaat im Längsschnitt, Die normative Aufladung des Nationalen) · Resümee und Ausblick
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Landschaft und Tourismus
Book SynopsisDer Sammelband hat zum Ziel, die vielfältigen Verflechtungen zwischen Landschaft und Tourismus aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln zu beleuchten und zu reflektieren. Er stützt sich auf ein Verständnis von Landschaft als eine individuelle Konstruktion auf Grundlage erlernter gesellschaftlicher Deutungs- und Bewertungsmuster, auf Basis derer eine synthetische Zusammenschau materieller Objekte erfolgt. Alle drei Dimensionen sind veränderlich (die materielle, die individuelle und die gesellschaftliche) und über das Individuum miteinander verbunden. Die Gestaltung und Veränderung von Landschaften ist gebunden an Aushandlungsprozesse. Dabei ist wichtig, dass Landschaft nicht normativ im Sinne einer bestimmten Landschaft verstanden wird, sondern dass ein Nebeneinander von unterschiedlichen landschaftsbezogenen Konstruktionen (etwa infolge unterschiedlicher Interessen, kultureller Gebundenheiten, heimatlicher Bezugnahmen) und Repräsentationen zu Grunde gelegt wird. Schließlich beschränkt sich das Landschaftsverständnis nicht im Sinne eines ‚engen‘ Verständnisses auf klassische natur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Deutungen von materiellen Räumen, sondern folgt dem ‚weiten‘ Landschaftsverständnis, dass z.B. auch städtische Räume oder (Alt)Industrieareale unter dem Konstruktionsmodus ‚Landschaft‘ gefasst werden können.Übertragen auf den Bereich des Tourismus können verschiedene touristische Destinationen und andere touristifizierte Räume als Landschaften bezeichnet werden (z.B. die Toskana, ein hippes Stadtquartier in Barcelona, ein idyllischer Strand auf einer Insel der Karibik, ein einsamer Hiking-Trail im Hochgebirge, altindustrielle Areale und ihre Umgebungen im Ruhrgebiet oder das Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando).Table of ContentsTheoretischen/Konzeptionelle Zugänge.- Forschungsfelder.- Wandel, Konflikt, Transformation, Innovation.- Fallbeispiele.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Sportphilosophie: Eine phänomenologisch fundierte
Book SynopsisDie Einführung gibt einen Überblick über Inhalte und Methoden, holt den Leser mit seinen Vorverständnissen über Philosophie und Sport ab und eröffnet den Horizont für Themen, Fragen, Problemstellungen und Lösungsansätze einer Sportphilosophie.Der zweite Teil des Buches beschäftigt sich mit der Phänomenologie als einer der grundlegenden Strömungen der Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er zeichnet Anliegen und Entwicklung der Phänomenologie anhand einiger ihrer Hauptvertreter nach und arbeitet mit „Phänomenologien der Leiblichkeit“ ein zeitgemäßes Verständnis von Körper respektive Leib heraus.Im dritten Teil geht es um eine „Phänomenologie des heutigen Sports“. Sport ist längst eine feste gesellschaftliche Größe und ein florierender wirtschaftlicher Bereich geworden. Das Buch analysiert die Verbindung des Sports zu Geld, Macht, Politik, Medien, Doping und die Rolle, die er hinsichtlich Körperkult, Spiel, Gesundheit, Bildung usw. spielt. Der Autor geht den Fragen nach, wie sich die Phänomene genauer darstellen, was sie „eigentlich“ zum Vorschein bringen, und ob der Sport tatsächlich einem Umgang mit dem Körper respektive dem Leib entspricht, wie er im philosophischen Verständnis der Leiblichkeit dargelegt wurde. Table of ContentsEinführung.- Vorbemerkung. - Warum eine phänomenologisch fundierte Sportphilosophie?.- Das Verständnis von Sport.- Das Verständnis von Philosophie.- Phänomenologie als grundlegende philosophische Strömung.- Anliegen und Entwicklung der Phänomenologie.- Phänomenologische Philosophien der Leiblichkeit.- Phänomenologie des gegenwärtigen Sports.- Einleitung.- Körper, Körperkult, Körperkultur – Sport.- Das globale Sportsystem.- Sport und Politik.- Sport und Leistung.- Sport und Doping.- Sport und Kommerz.- Sport und Medien.- Der (Spitzen)Sport und seine Fans.- Der erfolgreiche Athlet.- Spiel und Spiele – Sportspiele.- Erfolg oder Fairness.- Sport und Gesundheit.- Sport und Bildung.
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