Tag: Douglas Hartmann

By placing scholars from various disciplines side-by-side on the common topic of the Olympic Games, JOS (available in both print and electronic format and marketed to a global scholarly audience) aims to promote and encourage a multi-disciplinary understanding of the Olympic Movement. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Professionalization of the International Olympic Committee Administration by Jean-Loup Chappelet.

Sport in History encourages the study of sport to illuminate broader historical issues and debates. Includes an extensive reviews section, an annual compendium of sports-related accessions to British archives and a 'Sport in Public History' section. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘What media coverage of the 1968 Olympic protests reveals about the deep structure of attitudes about athletic activism in the United States by Douglas Hartmann.

JSSI brings you the latest research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. In JSSI scholars study the impact of sport on social issues from many perspectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Sport Fan Attitudes on Alcohol: Insights from a Survey of Football Supporters in Scotland and England by Richard I. Purves, Nathan Critchlow, Richard Giulianotti, Kate Hunt, Stephen Morrow, and Angus Bancroft (open access).

I sin senast monografi Midnight Basketball: Race, Sports, and Neoliberal Social Policy (University of Chicago Press) studerar Douglas Hartmann en social intervention i 1980- och 90-talens USA där unga svarta män erbjöds att spela basket runt midnatt. David Ekholm har läst med stort intresse, och skrivit en fullödig recension av boken.

Anders Östnäs Socialhögskolan i Lund D. Stanley Eitzen (red) Sport in Contemporary Society: An Anthology 10th ed., 344 sid Oxford University Press 2014 ISBN 978-0-19-020277-4 Denna bok är en klassiker inom det idrottssociologiska fältet i USA. Den har genom åren använts i idrottssociologiska kurser för studenter på skilda universitet samt som fortbildningslitteratur för sportjournalister. Genom sin bredd kan den användas i många olika sammanhang. Redaktören D. Stanley Eitzen är välkänd främst för...