Sociology: Sport & Leisure

Major League Baseball is a beloved American institution that has been a product of the economic, social, and media structures that have evolved in ...

Drawing on rich insights from cultural, post-structural and postcolonial studies, this book demands that we rethink Carnival and the carnivalesque ...

Esports Insights outlines the fundamental characteristics, features, and structures of the rapidly growing esports industry and acts as the perfect...

This book is the first to focus on why and how foreign Western women engage in cross-border sexual and intimate relations as tourists travelling, o...

Over the past three decades there has been widespread commitment to an understanding that sport can play a key role in community development. The r...

During more than forty years, Bruce Kidd has combined careers as an internationally ranked athlete, coach, sports administrator, professor and dean...

Out of Bounds explores the trajectories and challenges of exceptional men and women athletes who later became outstanding academic scholars. The bo...

This volume is an exciting contribution to debates about identity and citizenship both in the UK and elsewhere. By examining the view from abroad, ...

This study of Manchester football, by leading football historian Gary James, considers the sport’s emergence, development and establishment through...

Academic perspectives and analysis of recent controversies relating to football and bigotry in Scottish society. Football is Scotland's most assidu...

Hockey's ability to tell stories about Canada that reflect the country's uniqueness - its strengths and weaknesses

Hockey's ability to tell stories about Canada that reflect the country's uniqueness - its strengths and weaknesses

In sport, hazing and initiation rites and rituals are commonly justified by team leaders and proponents as upholding traditions, proving one’s comm...

In this new edition of his acclaimed book, Richard Giulianotti provides a critical sociological interpretation of modern sport. As global festivals...

The descriptions and examples of unethical behaviors in sport in this book will challenge readers to rethink how they view sport and question wheth...

The surprising finding of this book is that, contrary to conventional wisdom, global income inequality is decreasing. Critics of globalization and ...

Sports, and the fans that follow them, are everywhere. The third edition of Sport Fans: The Psychology and Social Impact of Fandom examines the aff...

The world of fantasy sports is no longer the purview of nerds and stat geeks. In fact, versions of the game are currently played by tens of million...