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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)