Sociology: sport and leisure

During the nineteenth century there was a huge increase in the level and types of gambling in Thailand.

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.

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.

Hoop Dreams on Wheels is a life-history study of wheelchair athletes associated with a premier collegiate wheelchair basketball program.

Hoop Dreams on Wheels is a life-history study of wheelchair athletes associated with a premier collegiate wheelchair basketball program.

Sexual exploitation in sport is a problem that has beset both male and female athletes privately for decades but which has only recently emerged as a public issue.

Sexual exploitation in sport is a problem that has beset both male and female athletes privately for decades but which has only recently emerged as a public issue.

Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sponsorship in Marketing introduces the fundamentals of sponsorship-linked marketing, helping the reader to understand how sponsorship can be planned, executed, and measured.

Olympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised surveys more than a century of the Olympic Movement's promotion of Olympic ideals internationally.

Olympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised surveys more than a century of the Olympic Movement's promotion of Olympic ideals internationally.

Telling an important story about the development of modern Turkey, this fascinating book examines the place of football in Turkish society and the relationship between Turkish sport, nationalism, and globalization.

A not-so-quiet revolution seems to be occurring in wealthy capitalist societies - supermarkets selling 'guilt free' Fairtrade products; lifestyle TV gurus exhorting us to eat less, buy local and go green; neighbourhood action groups bent on 'swopping not shopping'.

A not-so-quiet revolution seems to be occurring in wealthy capitalist societies - supermarkets selling 'guilt free' Fairtrade products; lifestyle TV gurus exhorting us to eat less, buy local and go green; neighbourhood action groups bent on 'swopping not shopping'.

Tackling social exclusion should be a central aim of any civilised social policy.

Tackling social exclusion should be a central aim of any civilised social policy.

How has our understanding of sport been shaped by sociological ideas?

How has our understanding of sport been shaped by sociological ideas?

No single introductory book has until now captured the range of thought appropriate for scrutinizing the idea of leisure.

No single introductory book has until now captured the range of thought appropriate for scrutinizing the idea of leisure.

From the Olympic Games to community-level competitions, sports events can be complex and pose a particular set of managerial challenges.

From the Olympic Games to community-level competitions, sports events can be complex and pose a particular set of managerial challenges.

This is the first book to unpack the history and significance of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the frontispiece of the most watched event on Earth.

First published in 1982, Black Sportsmen examines the effect that race has had on sportspeople.

First published in 1982, Black Sportsmen examines the effect that race has had on sportspeople.

Why are the Olympic Games the driving force behind a clampdown on civil liberties?

Why are the Olympic Games the driving force behind a clampdown on civil liberties?

Football is unquestionably the world's most popular and influential sport.

Football is unquestionably the world's most popular and influential sport.

Social exclusion is one of the most pressing challenges in post-industrial societies, encompassing economic, social, cultural and political dimensions.

Social exclusion is one of the most pressing challenges in post-industrial societies, encompassing economic, social, cultural and political dimensions.

The institutional relationship between sport and the military appears to be intensifying.

The institutional relationship between sport and the military appears to be intensifying.

Games and Gamesters of the Restoration (1930) reprints two vastly different books The Compleat Gamester (1674) and Lives of the Gamesters (1714) that together give a comprehensive and representative view of gamesters and gambling in the latter half of the seventeenth century - a time that saw an explosion in such pursuits following the end of Cromwell's rule.

Examines the causes of football hooliganism as a world phenomenon, considering the links between player violence and crowd violence, and the role of the media.

Examines the causes of football hooliganism as a world phenomenon, considering the links between player violence and crowd violence, and the role of the media.

The Indigenous peoples of Australia have a proud history of participation and the achievement of excellence in Australian sports.

The Indigenous peoples of Australia have a proud history of participation and the achievement of excellence in Australian sports.

1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book AwardSport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective.

1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book AwardSport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective.

Drawing on research from Britain, Europe, Argentina and the USA this volume examines the culture and loyalties of soccer players and crowds and their relationships to social order, disorder and violence.

Drawing on research from Britain, Europe, Argentina and the USA this volume examines the culture and loyalties of soccer players and crowds and their relationships to social order, disorder and violence.

MediaSport is a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which sport and the media interact.

MediaSport is a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which sport and the media interact.

What is play?

What is play?

Iceland is a tiny Nordic nation with a population of just 330,000 and no professional sports leagues, and yet its soccer, basketball and handball teams have all qualified for major international tournaments in recent years.

Iceland is a tiny Nordic nation with a population of just 330,000 and no professional sports leagues, and yet its soccer, basketball and handball teams have all qualified for major international tournaments in recent years.

World football is in crisis.

World football is in crisis.

The sense of crisis that pervades global sport suggests that the war on doping is still very far from being won.