Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Inclusion and exclusion through youth sport Inclusion and exclusion through youth sport Symeon Dagkas ""We can reach far more people through sport than we can through political or educational programmes. In that way, sport is more powerful than politics. We have only just started to use its potential… OL15901859W
The most expensive game in town The most expensive game in town Mark Hyman "Building on the eye-opening investigation into the damaging effects of the ultra-competitive culture of youth sports in his previous book Until It Hurts, Mark Hyman's new book takes a look at the bu… OL16168020W
The organisation and governance of top football across Europe The organisation and governance of top football across Europe Hallgeir Gammelsæter,Benoît Senaux "This book aims to provide an extensive overview of how football is organized and managed on a European level and in individual European countries, and to account for the evolution of the national, i… OL16212342W
The Olympic games and cultural policy The Olympic games and cultural policy Beatriz Garcia "This book explores how cultural policies are reflected in the design, management and promotion of the Olympic Games. Garcia examines the concept and evolution of cultural policies throughout the rec… OL16263169W
Understanding sport Understanding sport Horne, John "In the decade or more since publication of the first edition of Understanding Sport, both sport and wider global society have undergone profound change. In this fully updated, revised and expanded e… OL16547744W
The SAGE dictionary of sports studies The SAGE dictionary of sports studies Dominic Malcolm ... A welcome addition to the literature in the rapidly expanding field of sports studies. It is up to date, comprehensive, and well and clearly written. Though primarily sociological in its orientat… OL19900544W
Sport, media and society Sport, media and society Eileen Kennedy A guide to analysing sport in its diverse mediated forms. It features the techniques of analysis for film, TV, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, spaces such as stadia and museums, and the intern… OL19903501W
Tackling rugby Tackling rugby Allyson Pollock "Every week young children are hospitalized on the playing fields of Britain. Yet the subject is rarely investigated, nor is there any concerted attempt to work out how to make sport safer. Using met… OL23191774W
Consuming sport Consuming sport Garry Crawford Consuming Sport is the first book to explicitly and comprehensively address how sport is experienced and engaged with in the everyday lives, social networks and consumer patterns of its followers, th… OL5724805W
Game of shadows Game of shadows Mark Fainaru-Wada,Lance Williams,Lance Williams The blockbuster New York Times bestseller that caused a media firestorm and stayed in the headlines for weeks at last arrives in paperback—with a new afterword about the Barry Bonds perjury investiga… OL8423462W