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Sport, Civil Liberties and Human Rights

Edited by Richard Giulianotti, David McArdle

What is the relationship between sport and human rights? Can sport protect and enhance the human rights of competitors and sport workers? Can it also...

Published December 24th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Impact and Evaluation of Major Sporting Events

Edited by Holger Preuss

The aim of politicians is to attract new investment to their city or region in order to develop infrastructure such as telecommunications, transportation, housing or...

Published November 23rd 2007 by Routledge.

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Native Americans and Sport in North America

Other People's Games

Edited by C King

Taking examples from the United States and Canada, this comprehensive text offers compassionate and critical accounts of the Native American sporting experience. It challenges popular...

Published November 7th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Impact of Technology on Sport II

Edited by Franz Konstantin Fuss, Aleksandar Subic, Sadayuki Ujihashi

Sport technology has to be seen from the holistic, as well as inter- and transdisciplinary point of view. Product development requires close collaboration between engineers,...

Published October 11th 2007 by Taylor and Francis.

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Sports Journalism

A Multimedia Primer

By Rob Steen

Sports Journalism: A Multimedia Primer is a comprehensive guide to the purpose, principles and practice of this unique profession and is designed to be enjoyed...

Published July 31st 2007 by Routledge.

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The Sport Studies Reader

Edited by Alan Tomlinson

"This anthology provides breadth, depth, and continuity in a thoughtfully presented selection of classic, current, and provocative readings. For instructors it is the "course pack"...

Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Football Manager

A History

By Neil Carter

This clear and accessible book is the first in-depth history of the role of the football manager in British football, tracing a path from Victorian-era...

Published February 1st 2006 by Routledge.

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Sport, Culture and Society

An Introduction

By Grant Jarvie

This exciting, accessible introduction to the field of Sports Studies is the most comprehensive guide yet to the relationships between sport, culture and society. Taking...

Published January 27th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Field

Truth and Fiction in Sport History

By Douglas Booth

2006 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year

The literature on sport history is now well established, taking in a wide range of...

Published December 13th 2005 by Routledge.

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Surfing and Social Theory

Experience, Embodiment and Narrative of the Dream Glide

By Nicholas J. Ford, David Brown

Surfing has emerged from ancient roots to become a twenty-first century phenomenon – an ‘alternative’ sport, lifestyle and art form with a global profile and...

Published October 17th 2005 by Routledge.

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