Book Series in Sport & Leisure Studies

Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

New & Published Titles:

The Olympic Games and Cultural Policy

By Beatriz Garcia

This book explores how cultural policies are reflected in the design, management and promotion of the Olympic Games. Beatriz Garcia examines the concept and evolution…

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June 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99563-4 (Routledge)

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Sport, Masculinities and the Body

By Ian Wellard

This groundbreaking work explores masculinity and the body within sports. Sports continue to retain expectations for presentations of specific forms of masculinity. The body is…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99408-8 (Routledge)

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India and the Olympics

By Boria Majumdar, Nalin Mehta

In most accounts of Olympic history across the world, India's Olympic journey is a mere footnote. This book is a corrective. Drawing on newly available…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-80497-4 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Sport Across Asia: Politics, Cultures, and Identities
Edited by Joseph Maguire, Birgit Krawietz, Katrin Bromber
To be published July 15th 2011

Asian Americans in Sport and Society
Edited by C. Richard King
To be published June 15th 2011

The Social Organization of Sports Medicine
Edited by Dominic Malcolm, Parissa Safai
To be published May 15th 2011

Sport and Social Mobility
By Ramón Spaaij
To be published May 1st 2011

The Cultural Politics of Post 9/11 American Sport
By Michael L. Silk
To be published March 1st 2011

Critical Readings in Bodybuilding
Edited by Adam Locks, Niall Richardson
To be published February 1st 2011

Race, Ethnicity and Football: Persisting Debates and Emergent Issues
Edited by Daniel Burdsey
To be published January 15th 2011

Women and Exercise: The Body, Health and Consumerism
Edited by Eileen Kennedy, Pirkko Markula
To be published November 24th 2010

Sport Policy in Britain
By Iain Lindsey, Barrie Houlihan
To be published November 15th 2010

Football Across Europe: An Institutional Perspective
Edited by Hallgeir Gammelsćter, Benoît Senaux
To be published November 15th 2010

Theology, Ethics and Transcendence in Sports
Edited by Jim Parry, Mark Nesti, Nick Watson
To be published September 24th 2010

Social Capital and Sport Governance in Europe
Edited by Margaret Groeneveld, Barrie Houlihan, Fabien Ohl
To be published August 10th 2010