Tag: Carlos Pulleiro Méndez

FC Barcelona: History, Politics and Identity, edited by Jim O'Brien, Xavier Ginesta and Jordi de San Eugenio (Routledge) is the first critical, in-depth academic study of FC Barcelona (also known as Barça), one of the world’s great football clubs, exploring the historical, political, cultural and commercial dimensions of this global sporting institution. Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen is our appreciative reviewer, and he lauds the idiographic approach. His only complaint is the missing chapter on El Clásico.

Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The transforming journey of Hong Kong Elites athletes and coaches migrating to the United Kingdom via the British National (Overseas) visa scheme by Ka Chun Au & David Holland-Smith.

C&S is a cutting-edge peer-reviewed quarterly that publishes research to foster international scholarly understanding of the nexus of communication and sport that engages a broad intellectual community. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Beyond Crisis? Institutionalized Mediatization of the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Olympic Games by Daniel Burdsey, Enrico Michelini, and Sine Agergaard (open access).

Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Governance of Chinese professional football during Xi’s authoritarian era: what is changing and what remains unchanged by Yang Ma & Jinming Zheng.

The International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics aims to publish articles that address all aspects of sport policy irrespective of academic discipline. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: THE FAROE ISLANDS AND THE WORLD SOCIETY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELITE CLUB FOOTBALL FRAMED BY COMMERCIAL AND LOCAL INTERESTS AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS by Nicholas Satchwell & Ulrik Wagner.