Sport and Leisure Management Books

New and Published Books

1. Olympic Marketing

   By Alain Ferrand, Jean-Loup Chappelet, Benoit Seguin

   The Olympic Games have become the definitive sports event, with an unparalleled global reach and a remarkably diverse constituency of stakeholders, from the IOC and International Federations to athletes, sponsors and fans. It has been estimated, for example, that 3.6 billion people (about half of...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Gay Games

   A History

   By Caroline Symons

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Sport

   The Gay Games is an important piece of new social history, examining one of the largest sporting, cultural and human rights events in the world. Since their inception in 1980, the Gay Games have developed into a multi-million dollar mega-event, engaging people from all continents, while the...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
3. Global Sport Marketing

   Contemporary Issues and Practice

   Edited by Michel Desbordes, André Richelieu

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport Business and Management

   Globalization has had a profound impact on the sports industry, creating an international market in which sports teams, leagues and players have become internationally recognized brands. This important new study of contemporary sports marketing examines the opportunities and threats posed by a...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
4. Handbook of Cultural Sociology

   Edited by John R. Hall, Laura Grindstaff, Ming-cheng Lo

   The Handbook of Cultural Sociology provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary scholarship in sociology and related disciplines focused on the complex relations of culture to social structures and everyday life. With sixty-five essays written by scholars from around the world, the book...

   Published April 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. Statistics for Sport and Exercise Studies

   An Introduction

   By Peter O'Donoghue

   Statistics for Sport and Exercise Studies guides the student through the full research process, from selecting the most appropriate statistical procedure, to analysing data, to the presentation of results, illustrating every key step in the process with clear examples, case-studies and data taken...

   Published March 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. Terrorism and the Olympics

   Major Event Security and Lessons for the Future

   Edited by Anthony Richards, Peter Fussey, Andrew Silke

   Series: Political Violence

   The book aims to outline the progress, problems and challenges of delivering a safe and secure Olympics in the context of the contemporary serious and enduring terrorist threat. The enormous media profile and symbolic significance of the Olympic Games, the history of terrorists aiming to use such...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
7. Event Studies

   Theory, Research and Policy for Planned Events, 2nd Edition

   By Donald Getz

   Series: Events Management

   Event Studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned events. This book focuses on event planning and management, outcomes, the experience of events and the meanings attached to them, the dynamic processes shaping events and why people attend them. Event Studies...

   Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge
8. Tourism and Retail

   The Psychogeography of Liminal Consumption

   Edited by Charles McIntyre

   Series: Advances in Tourism

   Tourists are drawn to explore new environments and peoples. What better way to interact with a locality than to seek out and roam its marketplaces? The nature of tourist shopping activity thus goes beyond mere functional purchasing into multi-sensory explorations of place and space. Awareness of...

   Published February 27th 2012 by Routledge
9. Sport Management

   Principles and Applications, 3rd Edition

   By Russell Hoye, Matthew Nicholson, Aaron Smith, Bob Stewart, Hans Westerbeek

   Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sport Management: Principles and Applications examines the nature of the sport industry and the role of the state, non-profit and professional sectors in sport. It focuses on core management principles and their application in a sporting...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
10. Events Management

    An Introduction

    By Charles Bladen, James Kennell, Emma Abson, Nick Wilde

    Contemporary events management is a diverse and challenging field. This major new introductory textbook is the first to fully explore the multi-disciplinary nature of events management and to provide all the practical skills and professional knowledge students need to succeed in the events industry...

    Published February 9th 2012 by Routledge