Taylor & Francis India: Sports and Leisure

By Michael Horvat, Ronald V. Croce, Caterina Pesce, Ashley Eason Fallaize

Now in a fully revised and updated 6th edition, reflecting changes in legislation and cutting-edge research, this is a complete introduction to adapted physical education, from the underpinning science to practical teaching strategies and program design. The book covers a broader range of…

Paperback – 2019-03-26 
Routledge

By Geoffery Z. Kohe, Holly Collison

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Sport, Education and Corporatisation offers an important critique of the intersection between sport organisations, commercial agendas and educational development. It reveals a discomforting interplay between sector stakeholders that has been normalised via…

Hardback – 2019-03-25 
Routledge
Routledge Focus on Sport, Culture and Society

Edited by Paddy Dolan, John Connolly

While globalisation has undoubtedly occurred in many social fields, in sport the importance of ‘the nation’ has remained. This book examines the continuing but contested relevance of national identities in sport within the context of globalising forces. Including case studies from around the world,…

Paperback – 2019-03-25 
Routledge
Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Edited by David Hassan, Ciaran Acton

Identity is one of the most theorised and contested of all sociological concepts and sport is fertile ground for an examination of its complexities. This book offers a wide-ranging and up-to-date exploration of the sport-identity nexus, drawing examples from a variety of sporting contexts and…

Paperback – 2019-03-25 
Routledge
Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Edited by Michael D. Giardina, Michele K. Donnelly

The corporeal turn toward critical, empirically grounded studies of the body is transforming the way we research physical culture, most evidently in the study of sport. This book brings together original insights on contemporary physical culture from key figures working in a variety of disciplines,…

Paperback – 2019-03-25 
Routledge
Qualitative Research in Sport and Physical Activity

Edited by Daniel Parnell, Peter Krustrup

It is a common assumption that sport is good for us and that participation in sport embodies public health benefits. With sport being increasingly used to deliver public health interventions worldwide, this book critically examines the rationale and evidence for sport as a public health policy tool…

Paperback – 2019-03-25 
Routledge
ICSSPE Perspectives

Edited by Aarti Ratna, Samaya F. Samie

The experiences of ethnic ‘Other’ females have – until recently – been widely overlooked in the study of sport. There continues to be a need to produce critical scholarship about ethnic 'Other' girls and women in sport and physical culture, in order to represent their complex, multifarious and…

Paperback – 2019-03-25 
Routledge
Routledge Critical Studies in Sport

Edited by Wendy Russell, Emily Ryall, Malcolm MacLean

It is now widely acknowledged that play is central to our lives. As a phenomenon, play poses important questions of reality, subjectivity, competition, inclusion and exclusion. This international collection is the third in a series of books (including The Philosophy of Play and Philosophical…

Paperback – 2019-03-25 
Routledge

Edited by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Christopher J. Olson

This book examines how the current era of "convergence" has affected, and is reflected in, the world of professional wrestling, which combines several different genres, including drama, action, comedy, horror, science fiction, and even romance. Professional wrestling’s business practices exist…

Hardback – 2019-03-22 
Routledge
The Cultural Politics of Media and Popular Culture

By Michael Kellmann, Sarah Kölling

Balancing training, stress, and recovery is essential for achieving optimal performance. The performance of professional athletes can be severely compromised by overtraining, injuries, prolonged periods of competition, or even life events outside their sporting lives. The current recovery-stress…

Paperback – 2019-03-21 
Routledge

By Shelly Newstead, Emma Isles-Buck

Managers in child-centred settings need to be able to draw on a wide range of personal and professional skills to ensure that they are providing the best possible service. Now in its third edition, Essential Skills for Managers of Child-Centred Settings looks at how you can develop the key…

Paperback – 2019-03-19 
Routledge

Edited by Brenda G. Pitts, James J. Zhang

In the global sport business industry, growth, and development within and across various sport businesses are essential for competitive advantage. This fascinating collection of chapters examines how the development and management of resources and opportunities in sport business is vital to…

Hardback – 2019-03-19 
Routledge
World Association for Sport Management Series