International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 53, 2018, No. 2

Research Articles

The State of Play: Critical sociological insights into recent ‘Sport for Development and Peace’ research
Simon C Darnell, Megan Chawansky, David Marchesseault, Matthew Holmes, and Lyndsay Hayhurst

‘It’s just girls’ hockey’: Troubling progress narratives in girls’ and women’s sport
Carly Adams and Stacey Leavitt

Online news comments as a public sphere forum: Deliberations on Canadian children’s physical activity habits
Lisa McDermott

Neighborhood stigma and the sporting lives of young people in public housing
Cathy van Ingen, Erin Sharpe, and Brett Lashua

Agency constraints and possibilities: Athletes manoeuvring between the logics of community, market, profession and corporation in their quest for individual sponsorships
Ulrik Wagner

The life of high-level athletes: The challenge of high performance against the time constraint
Fabrice Burlot, Rémi Richard, and Helene Joncheray

Book Reviews

Media review:
Sara Allen (Director/Producer), ‘Gareth Thomas: Hate in the Beautiful Game’, BBC Wales, 2017: A response in defence of professional football
Rory Magrath

Book Review:
Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913–1974
Samuel M Clevenger