Tag: Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen

Drawing from across twenty-five years of interdisciplinary scholarship, Jeffrey W, Kassing’s collection of articles from the Soccer & Society journal States of Play: Soccer and Society Perspectives on the Global Game in America (Routledge) documents the development of soccer along five interrelated trajectories. Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen has read an interesting, welcome and well-timed text that will be of interest to scholars working on the cultural, historical and social dimensions of soccer. As intended, the collection illuminates both the challenges and potential of soccer in the US by signposting the reader towards the key trajectories in the literature.

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: European football fans’ resistance and protest in the face of legal restrictions: Towards a typology and continued research agenda by Radosław Kossakowski and Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen.

The International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics is published by Routledge, and aims to publish articles that address all aspects of sport policy irrespective of academic discipline. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘Merely plastering a deep cut? A critical policy analysis of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) human rights commitment by Zohreh Khani & Hans Erik Næss (open access).

The Olympic Games, Sports Law and Human Rights by Alexandre Miguel Mestre (Routledge) explores the relationship between sports law, the Olympic Movement and human rights, examining the historical legal roots of contemporary "Olympic law". Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen is our reviewer and he finds that Mestre has written a timely and interesting book that, a few minor omissions notwithstanding, can be recommended as a helpful resource for students, researchers and practitioners interested in the history of Olympic laws.

In Football and Racism: How Colonialism Shaped the Modern Game (Pitch), journalist Ronny Blaschke digs for the truth in this groundbreaking study of racism in football and its roots spanning five continents, assessing the role played by colonialism and how a misguided notion of European superiority still persists. Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen has read a timely and well-researched book about the causes of racist structures and thinking in football, with a bottom-up focus. A book not only for readers interested in football, but also in post-colonialism, and anti-racism initiatives.

Journal of Sport & Social Issues< brings you the latest research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. In JSSI scholars study the impact of sport on social issues from many perspectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue:: The Global Security Field of Sports and How the World Health Organization Shapes Mega-Events in a (Post-)Pandemic World by Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen (open access).

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: Paddling as ‘Pelagic Postcolonialism’: Pacific voyaging resurgence, ocean justice and outrigger canoe racing (Va’a) in Fiji by Yoko Kanemasu.

The anthology Social Control and Disorder in Football: Responses, Regulation, Rupture (Routledge), edited by Mark Turner and Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen, shows how the ‘beautiful game’ illuminates our understanding of the mechanisms and techniques of social control and regulation in contemporary societies. In his review, Hans K. Hognestad appreciates that the book extends beyond issues of violence and crowd control since football in many places remains one of few public platforms for expressing not only patriotic identities but also various forms of political resistance.

This Special Issue will take a broad-minded and holistic approach to Euro 2028. It welcomes contributions from researchers situated in different academic fields, including, for example, sociology, international relations, history, media and communication, sport management, urban geography and more. As situated in a pre-event setting, the types of papers that are encouraged include not only original research articles, but also shorter commentaries or discussion pieces, case studies or review articles.

Telling an important story about the development of modern Turkey, John Konuk Blasing’s Nationalism and Globalization in Turkish Football: Voices from Fan Culture (Routledge) examines the place of football in Turkish society and the relationship between Turkish sport, nationalism, and globalization. Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen finds much to enlighten him in Blasing’s well-researched, theory-driven ethnographic study. A strong contribution to the sociology of football, his book should also be read for its wider scope of cultural sociology and its impressive writing style.