Sociology: Sport & Leisure

Rethinking Drinking and Sport examines the complex nature of sport-related drinking. With close attention to the contradictory nature of sport-rela...

This book examines the impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympic Games and highlights the latest findings in the areas of spo...

As the worlds greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games has always commanded intrigue, analysis and comment in equal measure. This book looks to c...

Despite the fact that the sea covers 70 per cent of the Earths surface, and is integral to the workings of the world, it has been largely neglected...

The tourism and leisure industries are big business. Opportunities for leisure and tourism have escalated as disposable income, technology, travel ...

Sports have taken on tremendous importance in the world in which we live. Their social significance - economic, political, and personal - both nati...

Examines the significance of sports in the lives of diasporic Filipino Americans Organized sports have occupied a central place in Filipino America...

Examines the significance of sports in the lives of diasporic Filipino Americans Organized sports have occupied a central place in Filipino America...

This book discusses the diverse array of aquatic life of Indian waters, including rivers, lakes, and coastal regions. This book is a useful manual ...

This book explores the enigmatic world of the natural underground, viewing it as a site of leisure and a primary sphere of anthropotechnics. It res...

This book offers a critical examination of the 2023 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Womens World Cup, being held in Austra...

Global and authoritative, this textbook maps modern, live experience media, the categories that thrive on real-time engagement and human connection...

Sport sociology has a responsibility to engage critically with the accepted wisdom of those who govern and promote sport. This challenging collecti...

The emerging field of body ecology offers fresh insights into how the body engages with its surrounding environment through consciousness, percepti...

The recent availability of longitudinal data on individual trip making and activity behaviour has provided analysts with new insights into the stru...

Transnational organizations and practitioners who use sport for international development often position sport as a unique option for tackling deve...

An interdisciplinary social history, this book examines the major pressures and influences that brought about the remarkable growth of opposition t...

This is a multidisciplinary contribution to the burgeoning literature on and around mega-events in general and sports mega-events in particular. Th...

Illustrated by revealing interviews with women and men in the tourist resorts in the Sinai, Egypt, this book is ostensibly about western women who ...

South America is a region that enjoys an unusually high profile as the origin of some of the worlds greatest writers and most celebrated footballer...

Bodybuilding has become an increasingly dominant part of popular gym culture within the last century. Developing muscles is now seen as essential f...

Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse se...

Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars tha...

While globalisation has undoubtedly occurred in many social fields, in sport the importance of the nation has remained. This book examines the cont...