The topical pages gather articles, book reviews and other material from idrottsforum.org about a particular topic of sport studies, such as ”action sports”, “sport history”, “gender, sex and sports” or “tennis”. The topical page contains links to published texts relevant to the topic in question.
Research Articles
Andersson, Filip En ny idrottsutbildning ”för elever som verkligen är på elitnivå”: Ett förslag och möjliga implikationer [English summary here: A new sports education “for students who are really at the elite level”: A proposal and possible implications] (SWE 211129)
Bennike, Søren & Laila Ottesen ‘Welfare Alliances’ – a new social role for football in Denmark: Reflections on changes and challenges (201123)
Bergsgard, Nils Asle Eliteidrettens virvelstrømmer: Norge (og naboene) i verden (110420)
Ekholm, David Research on Sport as a Means of Crime Prevention in a Swedish Welfare Context: A Literature Review (published 131017 in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, Vol 4, 2013)
Ekholm, David Idrott som en lösning på sociala problem: Framträdandet av en kunskap och praktik i skärningspunkten mellan idrotts- och socialpolitik (181015)
Elmose-Østerlund, Karsten, Svenja Feiler, Christoph Breuer, Jenny Adler Zwahlen & Siegfried Nagel Characteristics of voluntary sports clubs with targeted initiatives for underrepresented population groups: The role of organisational goals, resources, structure and context (published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, Vol. 13, 2022, 220306)
Hasselgård, Anders & Andreas Selliaas Norwegian Human Rights Organisations and the Olympic Games (published 140128 in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum Vol. 5, 2014)
Hjelm, Jonny Den svenska statens stöd till idrotten 2012 (130911)
Hjelm, Jonny Ideellt arbete och föreningsdemokrati: Det demokratiska ledarskapets krav och utmaningar i IF Stoor – en fallstudie (publicerad i Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum Vol 9 2018, 2018-05-14)
Jestin, Michael ”Idrott åt alla” men anläggningar för vissa: En kvalitativ studie om kommunal idrottspolitik (190516)
Lechner, Eva & Harry Arne Solberg The competition for government funding of major sports events: why do some applicants pass the needle’s eye? | A Summary (210414)
Mäkinen, Jarmo Idrottsorganisation och offentligt stöd: En jämförelse mellan Finland, Norge och Sverige (110126)
Nilsson, Lina CSR in Swedish Football: A multiple case study of four clubs in Allsvenskan (published 190524)
Sjöblom, Paul Vem är det som styr egentligen? Svensk kommunal idrottspolitik 1985–2017 – en fallstudie av Stockholms stad (publicerad i Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum Vol 10, 2019, 2019-05-13)
Skille, Eivind Å. Ethno-politics and state sport policy: The case of how the Sámi Sport Association–Norway challenged the Norwegian confederation of sport’s monopoly for state subsidies to sport (published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum Vol. 3, 2012)
Tangen, Jan Ove Forskning på demokrati og makt i den frivillige idretten i Norge – noen refleksjoner(091111)
Book Reviews
Africa’s World Cup: Critical Reflections on Play, Patriotism, Spectatorship, and Space Peter Alegi & Chris Bolsmann (red) Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2013 (Maria Zuiderveld 131104)
Anti-doping: Policy and Governance Barrie Houlihan & Mike McNamee (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2014 (Björn Sandahl 160422)
Athlete Learning in Elite Sport: A Cultural Framework Natalie Barker-Ruchti (ed.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2019 (review in English by Benjamin Moreland, published 211102)
Barn i rörelse: Om förutsättningar för utveckling i alternativa (?) idrottsaktiviteter Johan Högman Karlstad: Karlstad universitet 2021 (review in Swedish by Johan Norberg, published 220601)
Bevægelse i rum og rammer Bo Vestergård Madsen, Jens-Ole Jensen & Signe Højbjerre Larsen (red) Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2013 (Kolbjørn Rafoss 140606)
The Cold War and the 1984 Olympic Games: A Soviet-American Surrogate War Philip A. D’Agati Basingstoke, Hamps.: Palgrave Macmillan 2013 (Kristian Gerner 140221)
The Concussion Crisis in Sport Dominic Malcolm Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2020 (review in English by Tobias Stark, published 210302)
Dark Sides of Sport Jörg Krieger & Stephan Wassong (eds.) Champaign, IL: Common Ground 2019 (review in English by Mark Brooke, published 200930)
Defending the American Way of Life: Sport, Culture, and the Cold War Toby C. Rider & Kevin B. Witherspoon (eds.) Fayetteville, Ark.: The University of Arkansas Press 2018 (review in English by Kristian Gerner, published 210428)
Delivering Olympic and Elite Sport in a Cross Cultural Context: From Beijing to London Fan Hong & Lu Zhouziang (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2015 (Jon Helge Lesjø 170119)
Design for Sport Anxo Cereijo Roibás, Emmanuel Stamatakis & Ken Black (red) Farnham, Surrey: Gower 2011 (Karl Palmås 121121)
Discourses of Olympism: From the Sorbonne 1894 to London 2012 Dikaia Chatziefstathiou & Ian P. Henry Basingstoke, Hamps.: Palgrave Macmillan 2012 (Jon Helge Lesjø 140605)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Sport and Leisure Katherine Dashper & Thomas Fletcher (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2014 (Anne Tjønndal 150507)
Ethics and Governance in Sport: The future of sport imagined Yves Vanden Auweele, Elaine Cook & Jim Parry (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2017 (Pam R. Sailors 171220)
Examining Sports Development Mike Collins (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2010 (Björn Sandahl 121010)
FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association): The Men, the Myths and the Money Alan Tomlinson Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2014 (Arve Hjelseth 150326)
Football, Corruption and Lies: Revisiting Badfellas, the Book FIFA Tried to Ban John Sugden & Alan Tomlinson Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2017 (Rasmus Storm 171213)
Forum for idræt 2014 Sport Management Ulrik Wagner, Rasmus K. Storm & Peter Juul Jacobsen (red) Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2014 (Simon Junström 150306)
A Global History of Doping in Sport: Drugs, Policy, and Politics John Gleaves & Thomas M. Hunt (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2015 (Björn Sandahl 160422)
Global Sport Business: Community Impacts of Commercial Sport Hans Westerbeek (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (Björn Anders Larsson 121010)
Hög standard? En studie om kommunal anläggningspolitik och elitfotbollens standardiserande arenakrav Jens Alm Malmö: Malmö högskola 2017 (Kolbjørn Rafoss 180320)
I idrætsforeningernes tjeneste: En undesøgelse af ledelse af danske idrætsanlæg Peter Forsberg København: Idrættens Analyseinstitut 2020 (review in Norwegian by Eivind Å. Skille, published 210507)
Idéer för idrottsutveckling Josef Fahlén & Staffan Karp (red) Stockholm: SISU Idrottsböcker 2015 (Jørn Hansen 160901)
Idrett og anlegg i endring: Oppslutning om idrettsaktiviteter og bruk av idrettsanlegg i den norske befolkningen Kolbjørn Rafoss & Gunnar Breivik Oslo: Akilles 2010 (Jens Høyer-Kruse 120919)
Idrottens akademisering: Idrottsvetenskaplig kunskap inom forskning, utbildning och på arbetsmarknaden Joakim Wirén Åkesson Malmö: Malmö högskola 2014 (Bjarne Ibsen 151014)
Idrottens kraft? Ungas livsvillkor och ojämlikhetens problem i en segregerad stad Magnus Dahlstedt & David Ekholm (red.) Lund: Studentlitteratur 2021 (review in Danish by Jørn Hansen, published 211111)
Idrottens spelberoende: Idrottsrörelsens offentliga stöd via spelmarknaden 1990–2009 och dess idrottspolitisks konsekvenser Johan R. Norberg Malmö: Arx Förlag 2016 (Jørn Hansen 171208)
Idrettsdemokratiet: Makt og styring i idretten Bernard Enjolras & Ragnhild Holmen Waldahl Olso: Akilles 2009 (Bjarne Ibsen 091216)
Idrætspolitik i komparativ belysning: National og international Henning Eichberg Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2012 (Johan Norberg 140130)
Inclusion and Exclusion Through Youth Sport Symeon Dagkas & Kathleen Armour (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2012 (Karin Redelius 120509)
International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement: The New Mediators Aaron Beacom Basingstoke, Hamps.: Palgrave Macmillan 2012 (Björn Sandahl 140305)
Ledning av idrottsföreningar: Berättelser från gräsrotsnivå Magnus Forslund Stockholm: Liber 2012 (Simon Junström 130905)
Managing Sport Development: An international approach Emma Sherry, Nico Schulenkorf & Pamm Phillips (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2016 (Anders Östnäs 170608)
Midnight Basketball: Race, Sports, and Neoliberal Social Policy
304 pages, paperback.
Chicago, IL.: University of Chicago Press 2016
ISBN 978-0-226-37498-7
Midnight Basketball: Race, Sports, and Neoliberal Social Policy Douglas Hartmann Chicago, IL.: University of Chicago Press 2016 (David Ekholm 171102)
The ‘Olympic and Paralympic’ Effect on Public Policy Daniel Bloyce & Andy Smith (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2015 (Jon Helge Lesjø 170119)
Olympic Games, Mega-Events and Civil Societies: Globalization, Environment, Resistance Graeme Hayes & John Karamichas (red) Basingstoke, Hamps.: Palgrave Macmillan 2012 (Simon Junström 130218)
Participation in Sport: International Policy Perspectives Matthew Nicholson, Russell Hoye & Barrie Houlihan(red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (Hallgeir Gammelsæter 110831)
The Philosophy of Play Emily Ryall, Wendy Russell & Malcolm MacLean (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2013 (Lars H Gustafsson 140918 )
Playing as if the World Mattered: An Illustrated History of Activism in Sports Gabriel Kuhn Oakland, CA: PM Press 2015 (Russell Holden 151001)
Playing for Change: The Continuing Struggle for Sport and Recreation Russell Field (ed.) Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press 2016 (Alan Bairner 160928)
Research Handbook on EU Sports Law and Policy Jack Anderson, Richard Parrish & Borja García (red) Cheltenham, Glos: Edward Elgar 2018 (David McArdle 190206)
Resurser, representation och ”riktig” idrott: Om jämställdhet inom idrotten Christine Dartsch, Johan R. Norberg & Johan Faskunger (red) Stockholm: Centrum för idrottsforskning 2018 (Jesper Fundberg 181002)
Rethinking Olympic Legacy Vassil Girginov Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2018 (Jon Helge Lesjø 181207)
Routledge Handbook of Sports Development Barrie Houlihan & Mick Green (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (Paul Sjöblom 111102)
Russia and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Richard Arnold (ed.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2021 (review in English by Kristian Gerner, published 211110)
Science Meets Sports: When statistics are more than numbers Christophe Ley & Yves Dominicy (eds.) Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2020 (review in English by Mats Franzén, published 220422)
Ski-VM 2011: Planleggning og gjennomføring Dag Vidar Hanstad (red) Oslo: Akilles 2012 (Josef Fahlén 121031)
Social Capital and Sport Governance in Europe Margaret Groeneveld, Barrie Houlihan & Fabien Ohl (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (Bjarne Ibsen 130110)
Social Innovation in Sport Anne Tjønndal (ed.) London: Palgrave Macmillan 2021 (review in English by Alan Bairner, published 210903)
Sociocultural Examinations of Sports Concussions Matt Ventresca & Mary G. McDonald (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2020 (review in English by Tobias Stark, published 210302)
Spela vidare: En antologi om vad som får unga att fortsätta idrotta Johan R. Norberg et al Stockholm: Centrum för idrottsforskning 2013 (Jonny Hjelm 130911)
Sport and Health: Exploring the Current State of Play Daniel Parnell & Peter Krustrup (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2018 (Katarina Sjögren Forss 181018)
Sport and Physical Activity across the Life Span: Critical Perspectives Rylee A. Dionigi & Michael Gard (red) Basingstoke, Hamps.: Palgrave Macmillan 2018 (Mark Brooke 180607)
Sport and Public Policy: Social, Political and Economic Perspectives Charles A. Santo & Gerard C.S. Mildner (red) Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2010 (Anders Östnäs 131120)
Sport and Social Exclusion: Second Edition Mike Collins & Tess Kay Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2014 (Anne Tjønndal 150305)
Sport and Social Exclusion in Global Society Ramón Spaaij, Jonathan Magee & Ruth Jeanes Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2014 (Anders Östnäs 150408)
Sport and Social Mobility: Crossing Boundaries Ramón Spaaij Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2013 (Mats Franzén 161103)
Sport and the Environment: Politics and Preferred Futures Brian Wilson & Brad Millington (red) Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing 2020 (review in English by Daniel Svensson, published 210310)
Sport as a Means of Responding to Social Problems: Rationales of Government, Welfare and Social Change David Ekholm Linköping: Linköping University 2016 (Alan Bairner 171122)
‘Sport for all’ in new settings: A study of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports’ Sport for All projects in Tanzania in the 1980s and Zimbabwe in the 1990s Solveig Straume Oslo: Norges idrettshøgskole 2013 (Henning Eichberg 140321)
Sport Governance: International Case Studies Ian O’Boyle & Trish Bradbury (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2013 (Hallgeir Gammelsæter 150409)
Sport in Prison: Exploring the role of physical activity in correctional settings Rosie Meek Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2014 (Lars-Erik Alkvist 140326)
Sport in the City: Cultural Connections Michael P. Sam & John E. Hughson (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (Karin Book 120919)
Sport Policy and Development: An Introduction Daniel Bloyce & Andy Smith Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2010 (Anders Östnäs 100217)
Sport Policy and Governance: Local Perspectives Neil King Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann 2009 (Ørnulf Seippel 091021)
Sport Policy Systems and Sport Federations: A Cross-National Perspective Jeroen Scheerder, Annick Willem & Elien Claes (red) Basingstoke, Hamps.: Palgrave Macmillan 2017 (Hallgeir Gammelsæter 180222)
Sports Diplomacy: Origins, Theory and Practice Stuart Murray Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2018 (Kristian Gerner 190130)
Sports Innovation Management Vanessa Ratten Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2018 (Anne Tjønndal 171219)
Statens stöd till idrotten: Uppföljning 2012 Johan R. Norberg Stockholm: Centrum för idrottsforskning 2013 (Jonny Hjelm 1309111)
Statens stöd till idrotten: Uppföljning 2017 Johan Norberg Stockholm: Centrum för idrottsforskning 2018 (Jesper Fundberg 181002)
Strong, Beautiful and Modern: National Fitness in Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, 1935–1960 Charlotte Macdonald Vancouver, BC: UBC Press 2013 (Matthew L. McDowell 140514)
Testing for Athlete Citizenship: Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport Kathryn E. Henne New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press 2015 (Anna Efverström 160316)
Torkildsen’s Sport and Leisure Management: Sixth edition Peter Taylor (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (Hans Lundberg 121205)
En vandring längs välviljans väg: En studie om idrott och internationellt utvecklingsarbete genom de skandinaviska exemplen LdB FC For Life i Sydafrika och Open Fun Football Schools i Moldavien Niklas Hafen Malmö: Bokförlaget idrottsforum.org 2016 (Ulf Jonsson 171018)
Violence and Racism in Football: Politics and Cultural Conflict in British Society, 1968–1998 Brett Bebber London: Pickering & Chatto 2012 (Lise Joern 130904)
Wanderlust: A History of Walking Rebecca Solnit London: Granta Books 2014 (review in English by Jörgen Andersson, published 220210)
Wanderlust: Att gå till fots Rebecca Solnit (Translated by Helena Hansson & Djordje Zarkovic) Göteborg: Bokförlaget Daidalos 2019 (review in Swedish by Jörgen Andersson, published 220210)
The War on Drugs in Sport: Moral Panics and Organizational Legitimacy Vanessa McDermott Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2016 (Anna Efverström 160316)
Who Owns Sport Andrew Adams & Leigh Robinson (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2019 (review in English by Mark Brooke, published 200219)
Women’s Sport in Africa Michelle Sikes & John Bale (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2015 (Anders Östnäs 160210)
Är idrott nyttigt? En antologi om idrott och samhällsnytta Johan Hvenmark (red) Stockholm: SISU Idrottsböcker 2012 (Johan Carlsson 141001)
Feature Articles
Alm, Jens, Anna Maria Hellborg, Joakim Ingrell, Marie Larneby & Gabriella Thorell Idrottsforskning i tiden. Konferensrapport från SVEBI:s årskonferens 20-21 november, 2013 (131201)
Andersson, Karin, Sara Karlén, Jens Radmann & Susanna Hedenborg Voices from closed stadiums: The corona crisis as a potential vehicle for sports development (200916)
Bjørndal, Christian Thue & Lars Tore Rongdal Engaging with uncertainty in athlete development – orchestrating talent development through incremental leadership | A summary (210330)
Ericsson, Ingegerd Hälsoekonomiska argument för mer idrottsundervisning i skolan (131114)
Halldorsson, Vi∂ar The Black Swan of elite football: The case of Iceland | A summary (210901)
Imbrišević, Miroslav Confusion about Inclusion: Transwomen Athletes in the Female Category (220623)
Larsson, Björn Anders, Alexandra Krook & Stina Liljeqvist Det offentliga klarar inte ensamma av att skapa inkludering och social och ekonomisk hållbarhet – idrotten är en viktig aktör (SWE 220622)
MacLean, Malcolm Opening up a space for social justice and sport & leisure activism (conference report 130929)
Piggin, Joe & Alan Bairner An urgent call for clarity regarding England Rugby’s injury claims (published 170523)
Stub, Henrik Hon tar fighten mot idrottskorruptionen. Henrik Stub intervjuar Sylvia Schenk (150626)