Tag: Ian McDonald

Originally published in 2014 and edited by Jennifer Hargreaves and Eric Anderson, the Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality comprises 53 chapters penned by 68 internationally renowned sport scholars. According to our reviewer Benjamin Moreland, this perennial handbook is a vital contribution to the academic conversations surrounding gender and sexuality and a foundational read for scholars and students alike.

In this original review for idrottsforum.org, Jay Coakley takes on two introductory textbooks in the sociology of sport, Sport Sociology by Peter Craig and Sport and Society, edited by Barrie Houlihan & Dominic Malcolm (both Sage Publications). His critical analysis from the point of view of the academic teacher leads him to a well-argued conclusions that will be rewarding reading for teachers as well as for the respective author/editors.

In his knowledgeable review of A Companion to Sport, edited by David L. Andrews and Ben Carrington, Alan Bairner, Professor of Sport and Social Theory at Loughborough University, finds that the volume offers something for everybody, if not everything for all.

Mats Greiff Historiska studier, Malmö högkola Ben Carrington & Ian McDonald (red) Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport 250 sidor, hft. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2009 (Routledge Critical Studies in Sport) ISBN 978-0-415-37541-2Såväl svenska som...

Åke Nilsén Högskolan i HalmstadIDROTT SOM KULTURELLT fenomen framstår som det moderna samhällets kanske mest framgångsrika projekt. Spridningen är global och dess samhällsekonomiska betydelse kan knappast...

Bosse CarlssonRoutledge har nyligen gett ut fyra volymer (1 700 sidor) med den ambitiösa, men mindre upplysande, titeln Sport. Det är Eric Dunning och Dominic Malcom...