Sociology: sport & leisure books

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The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation,...

Author: Adam Beissel (Miami University, USA) ,  Verity Postlethwaite (Loughborough University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032459035
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book offers a critical examination of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, being held in Australia and New Zealand....  Read More >>

History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Activity

History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Activity...

Author: R. Scott Kretchmar ,  Mark Dyreson
ISBN: 9781718212947
Format: Paperback
$327.36

History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Activity, Second Edition, blends historical investigations and philosophical...  Read More >>

Die Wirkung von Yoga auf die Lebensqualität und das Wohlbefinden von Bewohner*innen stationärer Altenpflegeeinrichtungen: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen

Die Wirkung von Yoga auf die Lebensqualität und das...

Author: Svenja Helten
ISBN: 9783658421335
Format: Paperback
$184.77

Eine Fördermöglichkeit könnte in der Einführung von Yoga-Kursen bestehen, da empirische Untersuchungen mit verschiedenen...  Read More >>

African Football Migration: Aspirations, Experiences and Trajectories

African Football Migration: Aspirations, Experiences...

Author: Paul Darby ,  James Esson
ISBN: 9781526171993
Format: Paperback
$56.99

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

100+ Sports Legends Throughout History: A Collection of the Greatest Athletes and Their Unforgettable Achievements, Impact on Society, and Influence on Future Generations of Athletes

100+ Sports Legends Throughout History: A Collection...

Author: Luke Marsh
ISBN: 9781923045590
Format: Paperback
$29.01

"Discover the awe-inspiring stories and remarkable achievements of over 100 sports legends in ""100+ Sports Legends...  Read More >>

100+ Sports Legends Throughout History: A Collection of the Greatest Athletes and Their Unforgettable Achievements, Impact on Society, and Influence on Future Generations of Athletes

100+ Sports Legends Throughout History: A Collection...

Author: Luke Marsh
ISBN: 9781923045606
Format: Hardback
$50.13

"Discover the awe-inspiring stories and remarkable achievements of over 100 sports legends in ""100+ Sports Legends...  Read More >>

The Sports Issue

The Sports Issue

Author: CJ E Jones ,  Travers
ISBN: 9781478024736
Format: Paperback
$31.68

This special issue draws on trans theory and studies to analyze modern sports, which the authors argue is a mechanism...  Read More >>

Equality Unfulfilled: How Title IX's Policy Design Undermines Change to College Sports

Equality Unfulfilled: How Title IX's Policy Design Undermines...

Author: James N. Druckman (Northwestern University, Illinois) ,  Elizabeth A. Sharrow (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
ISBN: 9781009338325
Format: Hardback
$181.13

Fifty years after the passage of Title IX, the institutions that govern college sports undermine initiatives for...  Read More >>

Rage on the Field: The Decline of Sportsmanship in Sports Today

Rage on the Field: The Decline of Sportsmanship in Sports...

Author: Bob West
ISBN: 9781039166721
Format: Paperback
$52.77

During a match in Colville, Washington, official Bob West was head-butted by a high school wrestler in 1996 and...  Read More >>

The Modern Medicine Game: Lacrosse, The Haudenosaunee, and Reconciliation

The Modern Medicine Game: Lacrosse, The Haudenosaunee,...

Author: Travis Taylor ,  Greg Horn
ISBN: 9781039167322
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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Athletic Activism: Global Perspectives on Social Transformation

Athletic Activism: Global Perspectives on Social Transformation...

Author: Jeffrey Montez de Oca (University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA) ,  Stanley Thangaraj (Stonehill College, USA)
ISBN: 9781802622041
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Rooted in a global, transnational perspective, Athletic Activism: Global Perspectives on Social Transformation demonstrates...  Read More >>

Soccer in American Culture: The Beautiful Game's Struggle for Status

Soccer in American Culture: The Beautiful Game's Struggle...

Author: G. Edward White
ISBN: 9780826222930
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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

Rage on the Field: The Decline of Sportsmanship in Sports Today

Rage on the Field: The Decline of Sportsmanship in Sports...

Author: Bob West
ISBN: 9781039166738
Format: Hardback
$92.37

During a match in Colville, Washington, official Bob West was head-butted by a high school wrestler in 1996 and...  Read More >>

The Modern Medicine Game: Lacrosse, The Haudenosaunee, and Reconciliation

The Modern Medicine Game: Lacrosse, The Haudenosaunee,...

Author: Travis Taylor ,  Greg Horn
ISBN: 9781039167339
Format: Hardback
$92.37

IN 2010, MEMBERS OF THE HAUDENOSAUNEE NATIONALS (formerly the Iroquois Nationals) lacrosse team, representing the...  Read More >>

The Political Football Stadium: Identity Discourses and Power Struggles

The Political Football Stadium: Identity Discourses...

Author: Başak Alpan ,  Albrecht Sonntag
ISBN: 9783031291432
Format: Hardback
$422.37

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

Events Management

Events Management

Author: Glenn A. J. Bowdin ,  Johnny Allen
ISBN: 9780367491840
Format: Paperback
$121.59

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Los Apodos: Antes y Después de Cristo

Los Apodos: Antes y Después de Cristo

Author: Luis Arturo Jijon
ISBN: 9798854250108
Format: Paperback
$44.88

"Esta forma de expresión o nombre, que en realidad era un apodo, fue desde siempre la constante motivadora que rodea...  Read More >>

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting Guide for Raising Happy, Brave, and Resilient Kids

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting...

Author: Kirsten Jones ,  Kirsten Jones
ISBN: 9798212988100
Format: Audio
$97.65

A timely and down-to-earth guide for parents navigating the extraordinary pressures of youth sports  Read More >>

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting Guide for Raising Happy, Brave, and Resilient Kids

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting...

Author: Kirsten Jones ,  Kirsten Jones
ISBN: 9798874614065
Format: Audio
$110.85

A timely and down-to-earth guide for parents navigating the extraordinary pressures of youth sports  Read More >>

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting Guide for Raising Happy, Brave, and Resilient Kids

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting...

Author: Kirsten Jones
ISBN: 9781666643367
Format: Audio
$131.97

A timely and down-to-earth guide for parents navigating the extraordinary pressures of youth sports  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook of Sport in China

Routledge Handbook of Sport in China

Author: Fan Hong (Shanghai University of Sport) ,  Liu Li
ISBN: 9781032068206
Format: Hardback
$452.00

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, and development of sport from the ancient...  Read More >>

Online Doping: The Digital Ecosystem and Cyborgification of Drug Cultures

Online Doping: The Digital Ecosystem and Cyborgification...

Author: Jesper Andreasson ,  April Henning
ISBN: 9783031302718
Format: Hardback
$284.60

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

The Palgrave Handbook of Disability Sport in Europe: Policies, Structures and Participation

The Palgrave Handbook of Disability Sport in Europe:...

Author: Caroline van Lindert ,  Jeroen Scheerder
ISBN: 9783031217586
Format: Hardback
$517.47

This handbook explores the various ways in which disability sport is governed and organised across Europe, as well...  Read More >>

Kleine Forscherinnen und Forscher in Bewegung: Rekonstruktion von Erkundungsaktivitäten bei ein- bis dreijährigen Kindern in der Bewegungsbaustelle

Kleine Forscherinnen und Forscher in Bewegung: Rekonstruktion...

Author: Björn Brandes
ISBN: 9783658415266
Format: Paperback
$211.17

Gerade im Kleinkindbereich wurde bisher allerdings nicht empirisch und gegenstandsspezifisch untersucht, welche...  Read More >>

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