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ESMQ publishes articles that contribute to our understanding of sport organizations. The Journal sets out to enhance our understanding of the role of sport management and sport bodies in social life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Understanding the interplay between event communications and local business decision-making using signalling theory: the case of the 2018 Commonwealth Games by Joan Carlini, Alana Thomson, Andrew O’Neil & Amelia Green.

The collected volume Softpower, Soccer, Supremacy: The Chinese Dream by J.A. Mangan, Peter Horton & Christian Tagsold (Peter Lang) looks at Xi Jinping’s “Soccer Revolution”, the most extensive politicization and geo-politicization of the Global Game. Oliver Rick, well acquainted with sports in China, considers the book an important collection that provides keen insights into the role of football in China’s politics in the Southeast. He does have reservations though, regarding the inclusion of an Australian perspective.

The purpose of the Sociology of Sport Journal is to stimulate and communicate research, critical thought, and theory development on issues pertaining to the sociology of sport. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and position papers; book reviews; and critical essays.

Thierry Terret och J.A. Mangan står som redaktörer bakom antologin Sport, Militarism and the Great War: Martial Manliness and Armageddon och medverkar själva med mer än hälften av bidragen. Peter Englunds Stridens skönhet och sorg är en bättre skildring av första världskriget, konstaterar Matti Goksøyr, men den handlar ju inte om sport.