Sociology: sport and leisure

This book critically examines the transformative intersection of technology with sport and recreation, revealing how technological innovations reshape performance, participation, community engagement, and sustainability.

Examining French sports films from a cinematic and socio-cultural perspective, this book takes a close look at the characteristics that separate French sports films from Hollywood sports films and sports films produced in other countries and asks what those characteristics can tell us about wider French culture and society.

Sport, Media and Discrimination provides critical, inter-disciplinary and international perspectives on how sports media constructs and reinforces discrimination in contemporary societies.

This book delves into the fascinating intersection of video gaming, social dynamics, and affective neuroscience, offering a comprehensive exploration of how gaming impacts the brain, influences social interactions, and shapes emotional experiences.

This book delves into the fascinating intersection of video gaming, social dynamics, and affective neuroscience, offering a comprehensive exploration of how gaming impacts the brain, influences social interactions, and shapes emotional experiences.

This book explores the gendered and racial lived everyday and sporting experiences of Brown migrant young women and girls in Fiji.

Sport, Media and Discrimination provides critical, inter-disciplinary and international perspectives on how sports media constructs and reinforces discrimination in contemporary societies.

This edited collection brings together the work of key scholars to explore the various dimensions, themes and controversies – the contested terrain of CrossFit – from a range of perspectives.

This book explores the gendered and racial lived everyday and sporting experiences of Brown migrant young women and girls in Fiji.

This edited collection brings together the work of key scholars to explore the various dimensions, themes and controversies – the contested terrain of CrossFit – from a range of perspectives.

**365 Amazing TRUE football stories - one for every day of the year!

This book argues for, while critically engaging with, the proposition that leisure is a human right.

This book argues for, while critically engaging with, the proposition that leisure is a human right.

This book provides a comprehensive and concise introduction of experiments on contemporary issues of language processing and the brain.

This book provides a comprehensive and concise introduction of experiments on contemporary issues of language processing and the brain.

This edited volume analyses emerging trends in the world of leisure and human development from the perspectives of subjective well-being and policy development.

This edited volume analyses emerging trends in the world of leisure and human development from the perspectives of subjective well-being and policy development.

This book delves into the emerging field of tourism lifestyle entrepreneurship exploring its unique characteristics, challenges, and contributions to the tourism industry and broader economy.

This book delves into the emerging field of tourism lifestyle entrepreneurship exploring its unique characteristics, challenges, and contributions to the tourism industry and broader economy.

Neurocognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and traumatic brain injuries, have a significant global impact, causing significant challenges for healthcare systems and families.

Neurocognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and traumatic brain injuries, have a significant global impact, causing significant challenges for healthcare systems and families.

This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on Intelligent Healthcare and Computational Neural Modelling (ICIHCNN-2022), held on November 30, 2022, at Dehradun, India.

This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on Intelligent Healthcare and Computational Neural Modelling (ICIHCNN-2022), held on November 30, 2022, at Dehradun, India.

This book breaks down barriers between disciplines engaging with flow, by speaking from geography into psychology to establish geographical foundations for this psychological phenomenon.

This book discusses the diverse array of aquatic life of Indian waters, including rivers, lakes, and coastal regions.

This book details the psychological theory and research surrounding various aspects of coaching, with a specific focus on American football coaches' work with young people.

Who are currently the best players in world football in the women's game?

This edited collection showcases a range of contributions, from emerging and established academics, to the contemporary study of social class, community sport, and physical education.

Crowds are misleading, both in their simplicity and in their complexity.

Crowds are misleading, both in their simplicity and in their complexity.

This book breaks down barriers between disciplines engaging with flow, by speaking from geography into psychology to establish geographical foundations for this psychological phenomenon.

This short book discusses the relatively new concept of project-based leisure in leisure research, and relates it to individual and community well-being and quality of life.

This short book discusses the relatively new concept of project-based leisure in leisure research, and relates it to individual and community well-being and quality of life.

This book explores how cultural, social and political change happens through a unique analysis of the 'ethical turn' in skateboarding today.

This book explores how cultural, social and political change happens through a unique analysis of the 'ethical turn' in skateboarding today.

This edited book delves into several aspects of sports and sports management from a vantage of uncertainty and turbulence unleashed initially by COVID-19.

This book details the psychological theory and research surrounding various aspects of coaching, with a specific focus on American football coaches' work with young people.

This edited book delves into several aspects of sports and sports management from a vantage of uncertainty and turbulence unleashed initially by COVID-19.

This book discusses the diverse array of aquatic life of Indian waters, including rivers, lakes, and coastal regions.

Founded in 1887 and celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2012, the Boston Athletic Association is one of the oldest sports organizations in America.

This edited collection showcases a range of contributions, from emerging and established academics, to the contemporary study of social class, community sport, and physical education.

The perfect colour story book for young football lovers aged 5 and up!

There is a scarcity of sociological literature on the role and place of sport within the Arab World and the Middle East that centralizes a critical Muslim perspective.

This book explores the dynamic intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and marketing practices, offering a comprehensive guide to how AI is reshaping the way businesses connect with customers, optimize strategies, and drive sustainable growth.

Although social justice initiatives in education and the workplace have decades-long histories, sport has been slow to follow.