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Managing Sport Development: An International Approach, edited by Emma Sherry, Nico Schulenkorf, Pamm Phillips & Katie Rowe (Routledge) is an introduction to sport development, covering key concepts and theory as well as best practice in the management, implementation, and evaluation of sport development programs. Our reviewers, Derrick Charway and Josephine Traberg, give full marks albeit some reservations regarding the semantics involved in separating sport through, from sport for, development.

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: Moving Away: Intra-National Migration Experiences of Brazilian Men Elite Futsal Players During Youth by Renato Francisco Rodrigues Marques, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Astrid Schubring, Wanderley Marchi Júnior, Rafael Pombo Menezes, and Myrian Nunomura.

SSJ publishes original research, framed by social theory, on exercise, sport, physical culture, and the (physically active) body. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and position papers; book reviews; and critical essays. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Mamba in the Mirror: Black Masculinity, Celebrity, and the Public Mourning of Kobe Bryant by A. Lamont Williams.

Academics in various disciplines are 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. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘Head coach tenure in college women’s soccer. Do race, gender, and career background matter? by Cornel Nesseler, Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez & Thadeu Gasparetto.

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: SPORTSCAPES: CONTESTED BODIES, GENDER AND DESIRE WITHIN A FEMALE AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL TEAM by Kellie Sanders.

Sport Management Review is published as a service to sport industries worldwide. It is a multidisciplinary journal concerned with the management, marketing, and governance of sport at all levels and in all its manifestations. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: TENNIS SUPERSTARS: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STAR STATUS AND DEMAND FOR TICKETS by Nader Chmait, Sam Robertson, Hans Westerbeek, Rochelle Eime, Carmine Sellitto, Machar Reid.

The Sociology of Sport Journal (SSJ) publishes original research, framed by social theory, on exercise, sport, physical culture, and the (physically active) body. The purpose of SSJ is to stimulate and communicate research, critical thought, and theory development on issues pertaining to the sociology of sport. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and position papers; book reviews; and critical essays.

Idrott är ett självändamål, men också mer än så; nyttiggörande av idrott bortom sporten självt är på många håll en explicit förväntan. Sådana aspekter av idrott behandlas i antologin Managing Sport Development: An international approach av Emma Sherry, Nico Schulenkorf och Pamm Phillips (Routledge). Anders Östnäs recenserar förtjänstfullt.