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Who Owns Football?
Models of Football Governance and Management in International Sport
Häftad, 2012
909 kr
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The commercialization of sport since the 1990s has had a number of consequences. The market forces that have defined commercialization, notably pay-per-view television, whilst initially welcomed as important new sources of revenue, have also had the unanticipated consequences of de-stabilizing many …
Social and Cultural History of Sport in Ireland
Av Richard McElligott, David Hassan
Häftad, 2018
518 kr
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Sport has played a central role in modern Ireland’s history. Perhaps nowhere else has sport so infused the political, social and cultural development and identity of a nation. During this so-called ‘Decade of Centenaries’ in Ireland (2014 to 2024) recently there has been an exponential growth in …
Football and Health Improvement: an Emergent Field
Av Daniel Parnell, Andy Pringle
Häftad, 2019
751 kr
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There is developing interest in the use of sporting settings as a channel to connect people to health improvement services and an emerging body of research highlights football as being associated with positive motivational and social elements that support the maintenance of a physically active …
Football Fandom in Italy and Beyond
Community through Media and Performance
Häftad, 2019
503 kr
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Football fans are passionate and devoted followers. They are also creators and dissenters, performers and producers. This volume analyses football fandom through the media that fans use to construct fandom itself. Media is the lifeblood of modern life; it is the canvas on which ideas are spread, …
Sex Integration in Sport and Physical Culture
Promises and Pitfalls
Av Alex Channon, Katherine Dashper m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
534 kr
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Scholars working in the academic field of sport studies have long debated the relationship between sport and gender. Modern sport forms, along with many related activities, have been shown to have historically supported ideals of male superiority, by largely excluding women and/or celebrating only …
Social and Political History of Everton and Liverpool Football Clubs
The Split, 1878-1914
Häftad, 2019
774 kr
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This book focuses on the advent of professional football in Liverpool and, in particular, the formation of Everton and Liverpool football clubs and their development prior to World War I. This book details the factors that led to the early dominance within Liverpool of Everton FC, and addresses the …
Numbers and Narratives
Sport, History and Economics
Av Wray Vamplew
Häftad, 2018
751 kr
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This volume argues for a more quantitative, economic and theoretical approach to sports history. The author notes that sport can have peculiar economics as in no other industry do rival businesses have to cooperate to produce a sellable output. He also demonstrates, via a case study of early …
Gender in Physical Culture
Crossing Boundaries - Reconstituting Cultures
Av Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Karin Grahn m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
503 kr
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This volume outlines existing research relating to gender in physical culture. The introductory chapter employs Lamont and Molnàr’s (2002) idea of ‘boundaries’ as visible and invisible socially constructed borders that create social differences, as the theoretical framework for the book. Seven …
Youth Sport and Social Capital
Bleachers and Boardrooms
Inbunden, 2019
2517 kr
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This book examines the youth sport parent experience through the lens of social capital, a cornerstone social science concept of the past 30 years. Social capital reflects the value of one’s social networks, and the actual and potential benefits – and costs – of relationships. Bringing together a …
Being Disabled, Becoming a Champion
Av Nicolas Bancel, Julie Cornaton m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2517 kr
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Being Disabled, Becoming a Champion is an accessible presentation of current European research on the most recent evolutions in sports for people with disabilities, demonstrating knowledge developed from the field of sports practices of people with disabilities.It covers three interrelated themes. …
Junior and Youth Grassroots Football Culture
The Forgotten Game
Häftad, 2019
751 kr
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Football is ubiquitously acknowledged as ‘The Global Game’ and/or ‘The People’s Game’ – everyday all-encompassing terms familiar to anyone with an interest in football which illustrate, albeit nebulously, the game’s international reach and popularity. Yet much academic and popular attention has …
Football, Community and Sustainability
Av Chris Porter, Anthony May m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
766 kr
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A lack of ‘sustainability thinking’ is evident at the heart of many of the problems that football faces today; from the huge amounts of money that clubs seem compelled to spend on what are often short-term gains – and the speculation, debt and market-centred ideology that goes with it – to the not …
From Olympic Administration to Olympic Governance
Av Emmanuel Bayle, Jean-Loup Chappelet
Häftad, 2019
766 kr
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Lausanne, the Swiss city IOC (International Olympic Committee) President Juan Antonio Samaranch honored with the title "Olympic capital" in 1994, is now the administrative capital of world sport. The past century has presented Olympism with many challenges and that continues to be the case today; …
Sport, Outdoor Life and the Nordic World
Av Nils Asle Bergsgard, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2671 kr
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Sport, Outdoor Life and the Nordic World explores the Nordic model of sport and outdoor life with respect to such issues as sport facilities, mountain guiding, women and ethnic minorities, urban planning, anti-doping, health, elite sport coaching and leadership, and the globalization of sport.The …
Extraordinary Sportswomen
Av Susanna Hedenborg, Gertrud Pfister
Häftad, 2020
693 kr
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As in many other fields, in sports too, women were latecomers and considered as the ‘other sex’ – at least until the twenty-first century. When sport developed in its modern forms towards the second half of the nineteenth century, women were (and to a certain degree still are) considered too weak …
FIFA World Cup and Beyond
Sport, Culture, Media and Governance
Av Kausik Bandyopadhyay, Souvik Naha m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
735 kr
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Soccer, the most popular mass spectator sport in the world, has long been a site which articulates the complexities and diversities of the everyday life of the nation. The imaging and prioritization of the game as a ‘national’ or an ‘international’ event in public opinion and the media also play a …
Global Markets and Global Impact of Sports
SportsWorld
Häftad, 2020
693 kr
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This book is a concept we use to explain the invasive and pervasive role of sport in global society and in each country around the world. From the origins of modern sports to today, sports have become more and more commercial, global, and universally understood as important parts of economies, …
Ethical Concerns in Sport Governance
Häftad, 2020
713 kr
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Sport governance no longer stirs public opinion only when scandals surface; it has become a persistent concern for a number of stakeholders, such as the media, sport followers, and corporates that produce and sponsor sport. Contemporary sport governance is characterised by tension between sport’s …
Sport and Disability
From Integration Continuum to Inclusion Spectrum
Häftad, 2020
735 kr
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Inclusion is primarily discussed in education. With the increasing number of member states of the United Nations ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, academics have vividly discussed inclusion in the context of other areas of life, such as the community at large, as …
Research Methodologies for Sports Scholarship
Av James Skinner, Terry Engelberg
Häftad, 2020
693 kr
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When investigating the diverse, complex and changing contemporary field of sport, we recognize there is no methodology that meets the needs of all sport. Sport researchers should take advantage of innovative approaches from other fields to explore emerging phenomena or innovatively advance …
Major Sporting Events
Beyond the Big Two
Av John Harris, Fiona Skillen m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
713 kr
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Sport has long been used as a tool for political gain and many major sporting events are now often framed as a panacea to help combat issues such as rising obesity rates, decreasing physical activity levels and wider urban decline. In reality though, fostering a temporary ‘feel-good factor’ is the …
Global and Transnational Sport
Ambiguous Borders, Connected Domains
Av Souvik Naha
Häftad, 2020
735 kr
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The eight chapters in this book explore more than 150 years of the development of several modern sports – baseball, basketball, cricket, football, handball, ice hockey and lacrosse – across the two Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe, some analysing a century of events since the mid-nineteenth …
New Perspectives on Association Football in Irish History
Going beyond the 'Garrison Game'
Häftad, 2020
713 kr
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This book assesses association football’s history and development in Ireland from the late 1870s until the early twenty-first century. It focuses on four key themes—soccer’s early development before and after partition, the post-Emergency years, coaching and developing the game, and supporters and …
Ultras
A Global Football Fan Phenomenon
Inbunden, 2020
1618 kr
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Over the last 50 years, the ultras have become the most widespread, outspoken and spectacular form of football fandom across the globe. Whilst the ultras phenomenon began in Italy, then spread across Southern Europe into Northern Europe, it is now the dominant style of fandom in North Africa, South …
Ultras
A Global Football Fan Phenomenon
Häftad, 2023
735 kr
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Over the last 50 years, the ultras have become the most widespread, outspoken and spectacular form of football fandom across the globe. Whilst the ultras phenomenon began in Italy, then spread across Southern Europe into Northern Europe, it is now the dominant style of fandom in North Africa, South …
Youth Sport and Social Capital
Bleachers and Boardrooms
Häftad, 2020
722 kr
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This book examines the youth sport parent experience through the lens of social capital, a cornerstone social science concept of the past 30 years. Social capital reflects the value of one’s social networks, and the actual and potential benefits – and costs – of relationships. Bringing together a …
Being Disabled, Becoming a Champion
Av Nicolas Bancel, Julie Cornaton m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
693 kr
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Being Disabled, Becoming a Champion is an accessible presentation of current European research on the most recent evolutions in sports for people with disabilities, demonstrating knowledge developed from the field of sports practices of people with disabilities.It covers three interrelated themes. …
Moments, Metaphors, Memories
Defining Events in the History of Soccer
Av Kausik Bandyopadhyay, Souvik Naha
Inbunden, 2021
2671 kr
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As the most popular mass spectator sport across the world, soccer generates key moments of significance on and off the field, encapsulated in events that create metaphors and memories, with wider social, cultural, psychological, political, commercial and aesthetic implications. Since its inception …
Moments, Metaphors, Memories
Defining Events in the History of Soccer
Av Kausik Bandyopadhyay, Souvik Naha
Häftad, 2023
735 kr
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As the most popular mass spectator sport across the world, soccer generates key moments of significance on and off the field, encapsulated in events that create metaphors and memories, with wider social, cultural, psychological, political, commercial and aesthetic implications. Since its inception …
Christianity and Social Scientific Perspectives on Sport
Häftad, 2021
693 kr
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There has been a dramatic increase in academic research activity and practical initiatives on the topic of sports and Christianity, and its cultural significance during the past decade. The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at York St John University, York, UK, hosted the Inaugural Global …
