Tag: Hanna-Mari Ikonen

Drawing on a precarization framework, this article by Hanna-Mari Ikonen argues that sport sociologists should more explicitly recognize the growing influence of contemporary working life on individuals’ sport and leisure practices. Leisure is an ideal context for diverse physical activities, which are widely recognized as beneficial for health and wellbeing. However, an increasing number of people hold precarious jobs, such as fixed-term or involuntary part-time contracts, or are permanently employed in very low-paid positions. The article shows that precarious employment profoundly affects people’s lives from emotions to material conditions.

The International Review for the Sociology of Sport is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, from standard length research papers to shorter reports and commentary, as well as book and media reviews. 

The considerable growth of interest in commerce, media and politics and their relationship to sport in international academia has resulted in academics in various disciplines 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.