Tag: sport and politics

Starting with studies of Roosevelt’s significant role in linking the presidency with fandom, advocacy of, and active participation in sports, this volume traces how occupants of the White House continued to develop these connections in various guises across the following century. Though historians have certainly not ignored such associations, the variety of case studies represented here seeks to provide a wider and more multidisciplinary selection of standpoints.

The considerable growth of interest in commerce, media and politics and their relationship to sport has resulted in academics in various disciplines writing about sport. Sport in Society is a 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: A PASSION FOR PEOPLE: THE UNCONVENTIONAL AND INNOVATIVE BUSINESS SUCCESS OF BILL VEECK by Christopher Atwater.

Particularly the last decades, sport has become one of the most powerful industries internationally. Not only is it a lucrative field that creates athlete-tycoons but it also generates idols for the younger generations; is that useful or not? We wish to explore how sport has affected literature, arts and culture; understand its impact on economy and politics; and delve into the psychology, identity and behavior of people as these relate to 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: LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF TEACHERS: PRIMARY PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND by Frances Murphy & Eileen McEvoy.

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 BODILY EXPERIENCE OF DISABLED ATHLETES. A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF POWERCHAIR FOOTBALL by Remi Richard, Eric Perera & Nathalie Le Roux.

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: WHEN WOMEN ATHLETES TRANSGRESS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF IMAGE REPAIR AND SOCIAL MEDIA RESPONSE by Rachel Allison, Ann Pegoraro, Evan Frederick & Ashleigh-Jane Thompson.

Tidsskriftet Forum for Idræt er en online publikation, der udgiver forskning, formidling og debat om idræt inden for det samfundsvidenskabelige og humanistiske fagområde. Foreningen bag tidsskriftet, Forum for Idræt, Historie og Samfund (FIHS), har eksisteret siden 1985. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: FODBOLD FITNESS: MERE AF DET SAMME ELLER ET BRUD MED FRITIDSFODBOLDENS STI? by Søren Bennike, Laila Ottesen.

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.

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 ‘BOY SCOUTS’ AND ‘BAD BOYS’ OF SKATEBOARDING: A THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE BONES BRIGADE by Indigo Willing, Ben Green & Adele Pavlidis.

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. Editor’s pick from the current issue: COMPOSITE VIGNETTES OF SWEDISH MALE AND FEMALE PROFESSIONAL HANDBALL PLAYERS’ CAREER PATHS by Johan Ekengren, Natalia B. Stambulova, Urban Johnson, Ing-Marie Carlsson & Tatiana V. Ryba.