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Levelling the Playing Field(2025) STEWART, BOB,SMITH, AARONThis book takes readers below sport’s glossy surface to expose an ugly underbelly. While sport can attract players, draw an audience, and build social cohesion, its ability to make society a better place has been greatly overstated, with the harm it delivVezava: Mehka41,63 € -
Sociology of Sport and Social Theory(2009) SMITH, EARLSociology of Sport and Social Theory presents current research perspectives from major sport scholars and leading sociologists regarding issues germane to the sociology of sport while addressing traditional and contemporary sociological theories.Vezava: Trda101,50 € -
Sociology of the World Rally Championship(2014) NAESS, H.Drawing upon interviews with key people in the World Rally Championship as well as trans-local ethnographic research, this book explores questions of commerciality and sporting identity, tackling the sport's controversial handling of the shift into 'the cVezava: Trda148,74 € -
Social Issues in Sport(2025) WOODS, RON,BUTLER, NALANIExamine sport as a social phenomenon merging politics, economics, race, gender and more. With engaging visuals and interactive tools, the text navigates historic roots and modern trends—including esports, social media and athlete activism—inviting studentVezava: Mehka178,35 € -
Quest for Excitement(2008) ELIAS, NORBERT (LATE OF UNIVERSITIES OF LEICESTER, GHANA, FRANKFURT AND BIELEFELD)Argues that in highly constrained, 'civilised' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities - are to be understood not in terms of 'relaxation' but rather of the need for pleasurable excitement and its pleasurable resVezava: Trda82,03 € -
Sports and Foreign Policy in Taiwan(2019) LIN, CATHERINE KAI-PINGPresenting a highly original chronological case study of the role of sports in the making of Taiwan's foreign policy, Catherine Kai-Ping Lin enriches our understanding of Taiwan's unique position in the world by arguing that nationalist forces within theVezava: Trda83,60 € -
Intergenerational Locative Play(2021) SAKER, MICHAEL (CITY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, UK),EVANS, LEIGHTON (SWANSEA UNIVERSITY, UK)Intergenerational Locative Play: Augmenting Family examines the social, spatial and physical impact of the hybrid reality game (HRG) Pokémon Go on the relationship between parents and their children.Vezava: Trda67,91 € -
Spirit of Cricket(2021) BREARLEY, MIKEEx-England cricket captain Mike Brearley examines the 'Spirit of Cricket' and how the notion of a 'good spirit' can be applied more broadly than simply in cricket or sport.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Spirit of Cricket(2020) BREARLEY, MIKEEx-England cricket captain Mike Brearley examines the 'Spirit of Cricket' and how the notion of a 'good spirit' can be applied more broadly than simply in cricket or sport.Vezava: Trda28,04 € -
That Will Be England Gone(2021) HENDERSON, MICHAELThat Will Be England Gone is a tour d'horizon of cricket in England from April to September.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Sports Charity and Gendered Labour(2021) PALMER, CATHERINE (UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA)Sports Charity and Gendered Labour provides examples for teaching and knowledge sharing across analyses of gender, sport, leisure, health and wellbeing in ways that will have broad relevance to a range of audiences.Vezava: Trda47,24 € -
Doing Research in Sport and Exercise(2021) SMITH, MARKThis book walks you step-by-step through the entire research process, covering everything you need to successfully conduct a sports research project in the real world.Vezava: Mehka108,27 € -
Dangerous Amusements(2022) HARRISON, LAURADrawing on an extensive range of sources, from newspapers and institutional records to oral histories and autobiography, Dangerous amusements explores the beginnings of a distinct youth culture in the streets and neighbourhood spaces of late nineteenth anVezava: Trda111,97 € -
Social Life of Busyness(2021) HOLDSWORTH, CLARE (KEELE UNIVERSITY, UK)The Social Life of Busyness engages with the assumption that busyness is taking over everyday life by exploring busyness at work, at home and during leisure time. In a world where the notion of being busy is commonly experienced, and even expected, how shVezava: Trda67,91 €










