Sports and Active outdoor recreation

'Whannel is a foundational figure in the study of sports and the media.

The work of French sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher Pierre Bourdieu has been influential across a set of cognate disciplines that can be classified as physical culture studies.

The work of French sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher Pierre Bourdieu has been influential across a set of cognate disciplines that can be classified as physical culture studies.

This book provides an up-to-date review of research and scientific knowledge in the field of kinanthropometry.

This book provides an up-to-date review of research and scientific knowledge in the field of kinanthropometry.

This is the first text to offer a comprehensive socio-cultural and historical analysis of the current fitness culture.

This is the first text to offer a comprehensive socio-cultural and historical analysis of the current fitness culture.

This book draws on literature, specifically on the writings of selected novelists and poets to widen an existing anti-sport discourse to include hitherto excluded voices from the world of literature.

This book draws on literature, specifically on the writings of selected novelists and poets to widen an existing anti-sport discourse to include hitherto excluded voices from the world of literature.

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.

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.

Mathematics and Science for Sport and Exercise introduces students to the basic mathematical and scientific principles underpinning sport and exercise science.

Mathematics and Science for Sport and Exercise introduces students to the basic mathematical and scientific principles underpinning sport and exercise science.

Design for Outdoor Recreation takes a detailed look at all aspects of design of facilities needed by visitors to outdoor recreation destinations.

Design for Outdoor Recreation takes a detailed look at all aspects of design of facilities needed by visitors to outdoor recreation destinations.

Live broadband streaming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics accounted for 2,200 of the estimated 3,600 total hours shown by the American NBC-Universal networks.

Live broadband streaming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics accounted for 2,200 of the estimated 3,600 total hours shown by the American NBC-Universal networks.

The sport and leisure sectors possess unique characteristics that pose particular challenges for managers and human resource professionals.

The sport and leisure sectors possess unique characteristics that pose particular challenges for managers and human resource professionals.

How can or does youth sport reconcile what seems to be a fundamental contradiction between understandings of sport and disability?

How can or does youth sport reconcile what seems to be a fundamental contradiction between understandings of sport and disability?

Across the full range of human movement studies and their many sub-disciplines, established institutional practices and forms of pedagogy are used to (re)produce valued knowledge about human movement.

Across the full range of human movement studies and their many sub-disciplines, established institutional practices and forms of pedagogy are used to (re)produce valued knowledge about human movement.

The work of dope testers is constantly being obstructed by the development of ever harder-to-trace new forms of banned substances.

The work of dope testers is constantly being obstructed by the development of ever harder-to-trace new forms of banned substances.

What are the most effective tools, techniques and technologies available to coaches and sport scientists in the assessment of player and team performance?

What are the most effective tools, techniques and technologies available to coaches and sport scientists in the assessment of player and team performance?

The first book of its kind dedicated to an assessment of the legality of boxing, The Legality of Boxing: A Punch Drunk Love?

The first book of its kind dedicated to an assessment of the legality of boxing, The Legality of Boxing: A Punch Drunk Love?

Why do many athletes risk their careers by taking performance-enhancing drugs?

Why do many athletes risk their careers by taking performance-enhancing drugs?

When the athletes enter the stadium and the Olympic flame is lit, the whole world watches.

When the athletes enter the stadium and the Olympic flame is lit, the whole world watches.

Critical Race Theory provides a framework for exploring racism in society, taking into account the role of institutions and drawing on the experiences of those affected.

Critical Race Theory provides a framework for exploring racism in society, taking into account the role of institutions and drawing on the experiences of those affected.

Fathering is a highly contested concept in popular, media, academic and policy discourses, yet in the areas of family studies and men's studies the leisure component of family life is under-played.

Fathering is a highly contested concept in popular, media, academic and policy discourses, yet in the areas of family studies and men's studies the leisure component of family life is under-played.

Advances in Applied Sport Psychology aims to bridge the gap between research and practice in contemporary sport psychology.

Advances in Applied Sport Psychology aims to bridge the gap between research and practice in contemporary sport psychology.

Children and Exercise XXIV presents the latest scientific research into paediatric exercise physiology, endocrinology, kinanthropometry, growth and maturation, and youth sport.

Children and Exercise XXIV presents the latest scientific research into paediatric exercise physiology, endocrinology, kinanthropometry, growth and maturation, and youth sport.

Marketing and the world of sport overlap in two main ways: in the marketing of sports related products and services, and in the use of sports events to market a broader range of products and services.

When human muscle fatigues, athletic performance becomes impaired.

When human muscle fatigues, athletic performance becomes impaired.

Ethnographies Revisited provides first-hand accounts of how leading qualitative researchers crafted key theoretical concepts found in their major book-length ethnographies.

Ethnographies Revisited provides first-hand accounts of how leading qualitative researchers crafted key theoretical concepts found in their major book-length ethnographies.

Throughout time, people have explored the ways in which they can improve some aspect of their performance.

Throughout time, people have explored the ways in which they can improve some aspect of their performance.

This book provides a highly readable introduction to the phenomenon of football hooliganism, ideal for students taking courses around this subject as well as those having a professional interest in the subject, such as the police and those responsible for stadium safety and management.

This book provides a highly readable introduction to the phenomenon of football hooliganism, ideal for students taking courses around this subject as well as those having a professional interest in the subject, such as the police and those responsible for stadium safety and management.