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1. Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition

   Edited by Paul Hare, Gerard Turley

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Transition from central planning to a market economy, involving large-scale institutional change and reforms at all levels, is often described as the greatest social science experiment in modern times. As more than two decades have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
2. Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health

   Edited by Panteleimon Ekkekakis

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   A growing body of evidence shows that physical activity can be a cost-effective and safe intervention for the prevention and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems. As researchers and clinicians around the world look for evidence-supported alternatives and complements to established...

   Published April 22nd 2013 by Routledge
3. The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values

   Edited by James Arthur, Terence Lovat

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The academic fields of religion and values have become the focus of renewed interest in contemporary thinking about human activity and its motivations. The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values explores and expands upon a range of international research related to this...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
4. Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies

   Edited by Tony Blackshaw

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   This landmark publication brings together some of the most perceptive commentators of the present moment to explore core ideas and cutting edge developments in the field of Leisure Studies. It offers important new insights into the dynamics of the transformation of leisure in contemporary societies...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
5. East and South-East Asia

   International Relations and Security Perspectives

   Edited by Andrew T.H. Tan

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The economic growth of East and South-East Asia in the context of the global financial crisis has strengthened the view that this region is emerging in the 21st century as the most economically vibrant region in the world. With some of the largest economies, and generally high economic growth rates...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
6. Routledge Handbook of Sport Communication

   Edited by Paul M. Pedersen

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The Routledge Handbook of Sport Communication is the only book to offer a fully comprehensive and in-depth survey of the contemporary discipline of sport communication. It explores communication within, through, and for sport in all its theoretical, conceptual, cultural, behavioral, practical and...

   Published March 13th 2013 by Routledge
7. Routledge Handbook of Sports Performance Analysis

   Edited by Tim McGarry, Peter O'Donoghue, Jaime Sampaio

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Sport performance analysis techniques help coaches, athletes and sport scientists develop an objective understanding of actual sport performance, as opposed to self-report, fitness tests or laboratory based experiments. For example, contemporary performance analysis enables elite sports people and...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
8. Routledge Handbook of Major Events in Economic History

   Edited by Randall Parker, Robert Whaples

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The Handbook of Major Events in Economic History aims to introduce readers to the important macroeconomic events of the past two hundred years. The chapters endeavour to explain what went on and why during the most significant economic epochs of the nineteenth, twentieth and early...

   Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
9. Routledge Handbook of Sports Development

   Edited by Barrie Houlihan, Mick Green

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Sports development has become a prominent concern within both the academic study of sport and within the organisation and administration of sport. Now available in paperback, the Routledge Handbook of Sports Development is the first book to comprehensively map the wide-ranging territory of sports...

   Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
10. Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology

    Edited by Nigel South, Avi Brisman

    Series: Routledge International Handbooks

    Academic and general interest in environmental crimes, harms, and threats, as well as in environmental legislation and regulation, has grown sharply in recent years. The Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology is the most in-depth and comprehensive volume on these issues to date....

    Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge