Tag: Bjørn Barland
Mega-handbook on mega-events: The whole is bigger than the sum of its parts
The Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events, edited by Harry Arne Solberg, Rasmus K. Storm and Kamilla Swart (Edward Elgar) examines the hosting of major sporting events and the impacts they can have on stakeholders. Christian Tolstrup Jensen has read an impressive compilation of scientific studies in the field of major sport event research that gives the initiated reader a useful and nuanced overview of the state-of-the-art in event studies, its understudied areas and a who-is-who in the field.
Hvorfor bruker noen doping?
I 25 år har Bjørn Barland forskat om olika aspekter av fitness och gymkultur. Hans senaste bok, Fortellinger om doping og kroppskultur (Cappelen Damm Akademisk) recenseras här av Morten Renslo Sandvik, som menar att författaren här ger viktiga svar och dessutom redovisar vägen till svaren.
