Sociology: sport and leisure

This book explores the understanding, description, and measurement of the physical, sensory, social, and emotional features of motorcycle and bicycle journey experiences in tourism.

It is hard to imagine tourism without the creative use of seductive, as well as restrictive, imaginaries about peoples and places.

Pathways to Excessive Gambling draws upon extensive empirical research amongst young people and problem gamblers in Australia, comparing it with situations in other territories, to shed light on social, recreational gambling and the ways in which this can lead to excessive gambling.

Why do ordinary people who used to engage in domestic and leisure activities for free now try to make a profit from them?

At their basic level, sporting events are about numbers: wins and losses, percentages and points, shots and saves, clocks and countdowns.

Leisure studies encompasses the broadest range of leisure and sports pursuits and marries management, administration and sports, as well as customer service.

This book provides important new insights into social issues in the rapidly growing field of esports, filling a gap in the literature that has, until now, been dominated by business and management perspectives.

Korea has become a powerful force in global sport, with South Korea finishing fifth in the medals table at London 2012 and hosting the Winter Olympics in 2018.

This text introduces students to the essentials of the major contributing disciplines - biomechanics, physiology and psychology.

Football, Power, and Politics in Europe deals with the politics and policy-making in the field of football in a comparative perspective.

As a consequence of the rapid proliferation of commercial gambling in Western-style democracies, governments and communities are encountering a complex array of economic, social and cultural harms associated with this expansion.

While the field of football studies has produced an abundance of literature on professional, top-league football, there is little research output to do with the non-top level football.

Social Issues in Sport introduces students to a sociological study of sport and is the first book to draw mainly from British sources for its material.

With a foreword by England legend Kelly Smith, the country's all-time record goalscorer and a player widely considered one of the best to have played the game.

In recent years the 'body' has become one of the most popular areas of study in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

This is the first book to explore in breadth and in depth the complex intersections between sport, leisure, and social justice.

This is the first book to survey the participation of women in sport and physical education across Asia, from the Middle East and South Asia through to the Asia-Pacific region.

This is the first book to focus on the interrelated issues of social control and disorder in football.

It is a common assumption that sport is good for us and that participation in sport embodies public health benefits.

Introducing the core concepts, issues and debates in the study of gender and sport, this is an accessible, engaging and thought-provoking textbook for anyone studying or interested in sport.

Sport is frequently considered to be an aspect of popular culture that is, or should be, untainted by the political.

How does the simple act of running make us human?

This book examines the bodies, communities, and cultures that evolve in different online doping spaces.

As the Olympic spectacle grows, broadcast coverage becomes bigger, more complex, and more sophisticated.

This book looks back at the meaning and purpose of leisure in the past.

This book examines the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies and the handover to Rio 2016 as articulations of national and cosmopolitan belonging.

This book challenges existing literature on student-athletes and examines the obstacles student-athletes face with respect to academic achievement in college.

While recent years have seen the emergence of a significant body of research on LGBT inclusion in sport, little is known about LGBT fans.

Women and girls are often excluded from organised sport or face challenges in accessing sport or developing within sport.

This book brings together examples and cases from across the world to discuss how sport has and can further contribute to the UN 2030 Sustainable Development agenda.

Sports and popular music are synergistic agents in the construction of identity and community.

This is a highly accessible text that provides detailed coverage of the key concepts, ideas, principles and techniques of sport marketing.

It is often assumed that a recognisably modern sporting culture did not emerge until the eighteenth century.

Corruption in the sport industry is a pervasive issue that threatens the integrity of sport as an institution.

The sociology of sports in the Middle East has been neglected compared to other world regions.

The sociology of sport is a core discipline within the academic study of sport.

The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform traces case studies of four European Union countries to reveal the way anxieties over globalization translates into policies to recognize sex workers in some countries, punish prostitutes' clients in others, and protect victims of human trafficking in them all.

'Mercenaries', 'cheats', 'destroying the soul of (English) football', 'destroying the link between football clubs and their supporters': foreign football players have been accused of being at the origin of all the ills of contemporary football.

Offering a panoramic view of the history and culture of food and drink in America with fascinating entries on everything from the smell of asparagus to the history of White Castle, and the origin of Bloody Marys to jambalaya, the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink provides a concise, authoritative, and exuberant look at this modern American obsession.

With the increasing popularity of K-pop and K-drama, South Korean culture has stepped into the spotlight with interest from the public and academia.

Since the legalisation of off-course cash betting in 1960, and the rise of varying forms of gambling, the British have come to be known as a nation of gamblers.

This volume explores generational differences in alcohol consumption practices and examines the changing role of alcohol across the life course.

Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure contexts.

Sport has never been a man's world.

'Race', Youth Sport, Physical Activity and Health provides a resource that addresses 'race' and racism in an accessible way by contextualizing theory with practical evidence-based examples drawn from global geographical and cultural settings.

Hospitality Marketing is an introductory textbook which shows readers how to apply the principles of marketing within the hospitality industry.