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Book reviews

A Companion to Sport David L. Andrews & Ben Carrington (red) Oxford, Oxon.: Wiley Blackwell 2013 (140425)
Social Sciences in Sport Joseph Maguire (red) Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2014 (140930)
Playing for Change: The Continuing Struggle for Sport and Recreation Russell Field (ed.) Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press 2016 (160928)
Sport as a Means of Responding to Social Problems: Rationales of Government, Welfare and Social Change David Ekholm Linköping: Linköping University 2016 (171122)
Sport and Modernity Richard Gruneau Cambridge, Cambs.: Polity Press 2017 (180904)
No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport, and the Unevenness of Social Change Cheryl Cooky & Mike A. Messner New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press 2018 (190409)
Case Studies in Sport Socialisation Mark Brooke Champaign, IL: Common Ground 2019 (190903)
Sport, Alcohol and Social Inquiry: A Global Cocktail Sarah Gee (red) Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing 2020 (201119)
Social Innovation in Sport Anne Tjønndal (ed.) London: Palgrave Macmillan 2021 (210903)
Research Handbook on Sport and Society Elizabeth C.J. Pike (ed.) Cheltenham, Glos: Edward Elgar 2021 (211214)
The Professionalisation of Women’s Sport: Issues and Debates Ali Bowes & Alex Culvin (eds.) Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing 2021 (220608)
Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport Eric Anderson & Rory Magrath Cheltenham, Glos: Edward Elgar 2022 (220829)
Women and Sport in Brazil: Many Roles, a Single Struggle Katia Rubio (ed.) São Paulo: Editora Laços 2021 (221208)
Sport, Rhetoric, and Political Struggle Daniel A. Grano & Michael L. Butterworth (ed.) Oxford, Oxon: Peter Lang Publishing 2019 (review in English by Alan Bairner, published 230417)
The Political Football Stadium: Identity Discourses and Power Struggle Başak Alpan, Albrecht Sonntag & Katarzyna Herd (ed.) London: Palgrave Macmillan 2023 (review in English by Alan Bairner, published 240118)
Female Olympian and Paralympian Athlete Activists: Breaking Records, Glass Ceilings, and Social Codes Linda K. Fuller Oxford, Oxon: Peter Lang Publishing 2023 (review in English by Alan Bairner, published 240607)
A Political History of Sport in Sweden Jens Ljunggren Cham, CH: Palgrave Macmillan 2024 (review in English by Alan Bairner, published 240904)
Athletics in the Nordic Countries: History and Development Jörg Krieger (ed.) Champaign, IL: Common Ground 2023 (review in English by Alan Bairner, published 250220)
Sport for Social Cohesion: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives Karen Petry & Louis Moustakas (eds.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2025 (review in English by Alan Bairner, published 250409)
Celebrating the Super Bowl: Programs, Profits, Parties Linda K. Fuller Champaign, IL: Common Ground 2024 (review in English by Alan Bairner, published 250924)
Global China and the Global Game in Africa: China–Africa Engagement through the Lens of Football Jonathan Sullivan, Tobias Ross & Angela Lewis (eds.) Oxford, Oxon: Peter Lang Publishing 2025 (review in English by Alan Bairner, published 260507)

Books reviewed

Sport and Secessionism Mariann Vaczi & Alan Bairner (eds.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2021(review in English by Matti Goksøyr, published 230331)
Indigenous, Traditional, and Folk Sports: Contesting Modernities Mariann Vaczi & Alan Bairner (eds.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2025 (review in English by Helge Chr. Pedersen, published 250901)

Features

An urgent call for clarity regarding England Rugby’s injury claims (with Joe Piggin, ENG 170523)
Women, War and Sport: The Battle of the 2019 Solheim Cup | A Summary (with Ali Bowes, Stuart Whigham & Niamh Kitching, ENG 201112)