Sport, leisure and social relations
When this book was published the study of sport had been largely neglected by sociologists. The contributions to this volume bring the sports field, the leisure centre and everyday leisure…
FIFA and the contest for world football
Who rules the peoples' game?
In 'FIFA and the Contest for World Football' Sugden and Tomlinson provide the first full-length study of FIFA (the Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and its role in framing and…
Sociology of leisure
A reader
This book is a part of most leisure and recreation management degree and leisure studies BTEC courses. To meet the needs of the students on these courses, the editors have…
Understanding sport
A socio-cultural analysis, second edition
In the decade or more since publication of the first edition of 'Understanding Sport', both sport and wider global society have undergone profound change. In this fully updated, revised and…
Power games
A critical sociology of sport
Boek dat een begrijpende theorie en methode bevat voor sportsociologie. Het boek betrekt politieke, sociologische, historische en filosofische disciplines om een kritische analyse van de machtrelaties in de sportwereld te…
Understanding sport
An introduction to the sociological and cultural analysis of sport
Boek dat de centrale elementen van de sociologische en culturele analyse van sport introduceert, gericht op studenten.