Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Cricket, Capitalism and Class: From the Village Green to the Cricket Industry
1st Edition
By Chris McMillan
January 30, 2025
This ambitious new study argues that not only is the story of cricket inescapably entwined with that of capitalism, but that the game provides a unique lens with which to understand the history, development, exigencies and contradictions of capitalist political economy. From the aristocratic ...
Indigenous, Traditional, and Folk Sports: Contesting Modernities
1st Edition
Edited
By Mariann Vaczi, Alan Bairner
January 30, 2025
This is the first book to focus on indigenous, traditional, and folk sports and sporting cultures. It examines the significance of sporting cultures that have survived the emergence and diffusion of western sports and have carved out a unique position not only in spite of modernity but also in ...
Experiencing the Body in Yoga Practice: Meanings and Knowledge Transfer
1st Edition
By Krzysztof Konecki, Aleksandra Płaczek, Dagmara Tarasiuk
December 18, 2024
Experiencing the Body in Yoga Practice: Meanings and Knowledge Transfer inspires more mindful and contemplative qualitative research on body and knowledge transfer in bodily practices in hatha yoga. The book explores the work of the mind, as well as the role of emotions and body sensations in ...
The Future of Motorsports: Business, Politics and Society
1st Edition
Edited
By Hans Erik Næss, Simon Chadwick
November 29, 2024
This book takes stock of the position of motorsport in the 21st century and considers how it will continue to influence sport business, politics, and society in the future. Presenting a set of thematic essays and multi-disciplinary case studies, the book demonstrates that motorsport continues to ...
Sport, Performance and Sustainability
1st Edition
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By Daniel Svensson, Erik Backman, Susanna Hedenborg, Sverker Sörlin
October 04, 2024
This book examines the logic of ‘faster, higher, and stronger’ and the technoscientific revolution that has driven tremendous growth in the sports economy and in sport performance over the last 100 years. It asks whether this logic needs revisiting in the light of the climate crisis and sport’s ...
Sport, Physical Activity and Criminal Justice: Politics, Policy and Practice
1st Edition
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By Haydn Morgan, Andrew Parker
August 26, 2024
This book explores the various ways in which participation in sport and physical activity might contribute to effective solutions within criminal justice systems. Focusing on a range of different sporting and physical activities across an array of social contexts involving both adult and youth ...
Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Sport for Development and Peace
1st Edition
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By Mitchell McSweeney, Per Svensson, Lyndsay Hayhurst, Parissa Safai
May 27, 2024
This book examines the ways in which sport for development and peace (SDP) offers an opportunity for entrepreneurship to take place through and within sport, and how innovation in the context of SDP contributes to social and economic value for underrepresented and marginalised groups and ...
Social Issues in Esports
1st Edition
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By Anne Tjønndal
May 27, 2024
This book provides important new insights into social issues in the rapidly growing field of esports, filling a gap in the literature that has, until now, been dominated by business and management perspectives. Bringing together leading esports experts from Europe, North America, and Australia, the...
Sport and Physical Activity in Catastrophic Environments
1st Edition
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By Jim Cherrington, Jack Black
May 27, 2024
This book considers the ability of individuals and communities to maintain healthy relationships with their surroundings—before, during and after catastrophic events—through physical activity and sporting practices. Broad and ambitious in scope, this book uses sport and physical activity as a lens ...
Doping in Non-Olympic Sports: Challenging the Legitimacy of WADA?
1st Edition
By Lovely Dasgupta
January 29, 2024
This book is the first of its kind to discuss doping within Non-Olympic Sports. Sports like American football, cricket and dance sports have, in recent years, been in the news for doping activities. The scale of the incidents may differ in each of these sports, but they present interesting ...
Indigenous Sport and Nation-Building: Interrogating Sámi Sport and Beyond
1st Edition
By Eivind Å. Skille
January 29, 2024
This book investigates the social, political, and cultural dimensions of Indigenous sport and nation-building. Focusing on the Indigenous Sámi of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, it addresses how colonization variously impacts organizational arrangements and everyday sporting life in a modern ...
Sport, Identity and Inclusion in Europe: The Experiences of LGBTQ People in Sport
1st Edition
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By Ilse Hartmann-Tews
January 29, 2024
This book explores and critically assesses the challenges and experiences of LGBTQ people within sport in Europe. It presents cutting-edge research data and insights from across the continent, with a focus on sport policy, sport systems, and issues around anti-discrimination and inclusion. The book...