Sociology of Sport

A comprehensive and comparative study of how various regions and countries of Europe have addressed the lack of gender diversity in sport leadership. With contributions from leading sport sociologists from across the world, it aims to enable sustainable gender equality in European sport governance...

This is a topical new book critically analyzing the significance of football in German sporting and cultural life. It examines football's place in post-war and post-reunification Germany up to the successful bid to host the 2006 World Cup Finals...

This is a topical new book critically analyzing the significance of football in German sporting and cultural life. It examines football's place in post-war and post-reunification Germany up to the successful bid to host the 2006 World Cup Finals...

While the relationship between sport and religion is deeply rooted in history, it continues to play a profound role in shaping modern-day societies. This book explores sport and Christianity across diverse cultures and it reflects on race, gender, spirituality, morality and the significance of sport..

This collection of transdisciplinary studies on the UEFA Finals traces back the contribution of Europe’s greatest football spectacle to the production of European spaces, identities and boundaries._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Soccer and Society...

This collection of transdisciplinary studies on the UEFA Finals traces back the contribution of Europe’s greatest football spectacle to the production of European spaces, identities and boundaries._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Soccer and Society...

This book traces international developments in the hooligan phenomenon since the Heysel tragedy of 1985. The authors make special reference to the troubled European championships in West Germany in 1988 and look critically at political responses to the problem. The authors used ‘participant observat..

This book provides an in-depth understanding of human–horse relationships, interactions and the embodied nature of equestrian sport and leisure practices. Encounters between humans and horses are revealing about the ways that human society is structured through intersection with nonhuman others. Car..

This book provides an in-depth understanding of human–horse relationships, interactions and the embodied nature of equestrian sport and leisure practices. Encounters between humans and horses are revealing about the ways that human society is structured through intersection with nonhuman others. Car..

This ground-breaking study draws on in-depth research to explore masculinity and homophobia in contemporary football. Based on unprecedented access to English Premier League academy-level players, the book offers insights into attitudes towards homophobia in professional football. Revealing a range ..

This ground-breaking study draws on in-depth research to explore masculinity and homophobia in contemporary football. Based on unprecedented access to English Premier League academy-level players, the book offers insights into attitudes towards homophobia in professional football. Revealing a range ..

Despite the disproportionate success numbers of Indigenous Australian participants in Australia sports, the analysis of the significance of Indigenous people in sports remains relatively minor in both the sports media and academic analyses. This book analyses Indigenous people and Australian sports ..