Tag: Ivan Waddington

Research Handbook on Sport and Society, edited by Elizabeth C.J. Pike (Edward Elgar), aims to provide a critical examination of the complex issues surrounding sports in contemporary societies. Our reviewer of this collection of contributions from leading sociology of sport scholars, is Alan Bairner. Although uneven, he commends the collection for its quality contributors and the editor for the clever approach of having them all describe their personal journeys into the realm of social scientific study of sport.

IRSS 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, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘These are “our” sports’: Kabaddi and Kho-Kho women athletes from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan by Umer Hussain and George B Cunningham.

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: SCHOLAR, GENTLEMAN AND PLAYER: A TRIBUTE TO ERIC DUNNING by Dominic Malcolm & Ivan Waddington.

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 International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics aims to publish articles that address all aspects of sport policy irrespective of academic discipline. Articles that adopt a multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary or comparative approach are particularly welcome.

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. 

Conferences more often than not end up as anthologies or special journal issues. And indeed, Doping and Public Health, edited by Nader Ahmadi, Arne Ljungqvist & Göran Svedsäter (Routledge) is a conference report, and according to our reviewer Ask Vest Christiansen nor an altogether necessary addition to the already extensive body of literature on doping.

Torbjörn Andersson Idrottsvetenskap, Lärarutbildningen, Malmö högskola Eric Dunning Dominic Malcolm Ivan Waddington Sport Histories: Figurational Studies of the Development of Modern Sport 216 sid, inb. London: Routledge 2004 INOM IDROTTSSOCIOLOGISK TEORIBILDNING finns väl egentligen endast en större och tydligt urskiljbar skolbildning som under en längre tid mer systematiskt arbetat för att erhålla tolkningsföreträdet på forskningsfältet. Jag tänker på den figurationssociologi, vars tänkande utgår från Norbert Elias stora verk om civilisationsprocessen. Elias...

David Hoff Lärarutbildningen, Malmö Högskola   Dessa tre författare ger oss intressant och mycket nyttig kunskap om dopningsproblematiken i världssamhället, både inom idrotten och inom andra samhällsområden. Samtliga intar ett internationellt perspektiv vilket är relevant eftersom dopning är ett internationellt problem inom främst idrotten men också utanför densamma. Författarna utgår samtliga från samhällsvetenskapliga och/eller juridiska perspektiv. Det handlar mycket om hur antidopningspolicyn...