Sociology: Sport & Leisure

No other national stereotype in the world is so closely tied with a sport, as Brazil is with football. The five-time world champions have construct...

What is leisure? How does leisure relate to leading a good life? This critical and intelligent study interrogates the basic principles of leisure a...

Given sports centrality in English society, what role does it play in symbolising contemporary English national identity? This comprehensive study ...

Identity is one of the most theorised and contested of all sociological concepts and sport is fertile ground for an examination of its complexities...

Exploring the connection between tourism and violence, this book draws on a range of disciplinary approaches, including social anthropology, cultur...

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 ...