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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)
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)
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