This book looks at the potential of sport to contribute to wide-ranging development outcomes, which have been recognized across international policy declarations, most significantly in the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Unraveling the stereotype that men's friendships are unemotional and shallow, this book provides the first detailed account of the bromance that exists among young men.
Der Sammelband hat zum Ziel, die vielfältigen Verflechtungen zwischen Landschaft und Tourismus aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln zu beleuchten und zu reflektieren.
Drawing on extensive ethnographic, qualitative and quantitative research, this monograph provides a novel account of masculinities in an individual sport: competitive road cycling.
In der öffentlichen Kommunikation sowie wissenschaftlichen Erforschung von Sportspielen lassen sich reduktionistische Fokussierungen ausmachen: Sie zielen auf Spielakteure und auf den Sport.
Die Einführung gibt einen Überblick über Inhalte und Methoden, holt den Leser mit seinen Vorverständnissen über Philosophie und Sport ab und eröffnet den Horizont für Themen, Fragen, Problemstellungen und Lösungsansätze einer Sportphilosophie.
This volume is the first to draw together theoretical reflection, empirical research, and critical reflection on practice occurring at the juncture of critical approaches in leisure studies and event studies within diverse explorations of deviance.
A must-have introductory text of unrivalled coverage and depth focusing on events planning and management, the fourth edition of Events Management provides a complete A to Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events.
Entre el asesinato de Héctor Souto en el estadio de Huracán, en 1967, y la agresión al ómnibus de los futbolistas de Boca Juniors cuando llegaba al Estadio "Monumental", en 2018, hay una larga lista de incidentes y víctimas (muchas de ellas, fatales) de la violencia relacionada con el fútbol y, a la vez, hay una larga serie de fracasos de las políticas que el Estado argentino implementó para solucionar el problema.
This book offers a critical examination of the 2023 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Women's World Cup, being held in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
This book offers a critical examination of the 2023 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Women's World Cup, being held in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
A must-have introductory text of unrivalled coverage and depth focusing on events planning and management, the fourth edition of Events Management provides a complete A to Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events.
El peronismo, movimiento político surgido en la Argentina a mediados del siglo XX, introdujo transformaciones sociales y políticas que suscitaron posturas contrapuestas vigentes hasta nuestros días.
Este libro propone, a través de un abordaje etnográfico, analizar los sentidos que tiene la violencia para los miembros de una hinchada de fútbol, comúnmente llamados "Barras Bravas".
Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus combines in-depth analysis of the rapidly developing sport media industry with a clear and straightforward guide to practical sport media management skills.
Using a topics-based approach organized around provocative questions about the interaction of sports, culture and society, Sports in Society presents an accessible introduction to research and theory in the sociology of sport.
Join Lioness captain Leah Williamson as she shows girls that they can be a leader at any age, and that huge things can happen when they believe in themselves!
This is the first handbook devoted entirely to leisure theory, charting the history and philosophy of leisure, theories in religion and culture, and rational theories of leisure in the Western philosophical tradition, as well as a range of socio-cultural theories from thinkers such as Adorno, Bauman, Weber and Marx.
This handbook illustrates the utility of global sport as a lens through which to disentangle the interconnected political, economic, cultural, and social patterns that shape our lives.
Key Themes in Youth Sport is a concise, easy to read guide to core concepts in the study of young people's relationship with sport, exercise and leisure.
This handbook provides a critical assessment of contemporary issues that define the contours of the Paralympic Movement generally and the Paralympic Games more specifically.
