Tag: Jay Coakley

The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society, edited by Lawrence A, Wenner (Oxford UP), features leading international scholars’ assessments of scholarly inquiry about sport and society. Divided into six sections, chapters consider dominant issues within key areas, approaches featured in inquiry, and debates needing resolution. Our reviewer is Richards Giulianotti, who edited the Sage four volume set The Sociology of Sport in 2012, and he finds that this new collection, some unnecessary omissions notwithstanding, is a welcome addition to the existing list of handbooks in the field.

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.

Kinesiology Review is a peer-reviewed publication whose mission ir is to advance the field of Kinesiology by publishing evaluative, insightful, and integrative scholarly reviews of kinesiology research, both basic and applied. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: From Sport Psychology to Sport and Exercise Psychology: A 40-year Update by Diane L. Gill, Erin J. Reifsteck, Leilani Madrigal.

Kinesiology Review is a peer-reviewed publication whose mission ir is to advance the field of Kinesiology by publishing evaluative, insightful, and integrative scholarly reviews of kinesiology research, both basic and applied. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Having a Little Confidence: A Career of Studying Self-Efficacy in Sport by Deborah L. Feltz.

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: BAD BOY FOR LIFE: HIP-HOP MUSIC, RACE, AND SPORTS by Earl Smith, Angela J. Hattery.

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. Open to all qualitative approaches, QRSEH aims to be eclectic in content. It will publish refereed articles covering the diverse landscape of qualitative research.

Jon Helge Lesjø recenserar två antologier om olympiska spelen, The ‘Olympic and Paralympic’ Effect on Public Policy av Daniel Bloyce & Andy Smith (red), och Delivering Olympic and Elite Sport in a Cross Cultural Context: From Beijing to London av Fan Hong & Lu Zhouziang (red), båda utgivna av Routledge.

In his revisions of Sports in Society for each new edition, Jay Coakley has compiled an impressive sport studies/sport sociology bibliography that contains about 5100 references, in which it is possible to do basic word searches of titles, or authors’ last names. It’s here!

Anders Östnäs Socialhögskolan i Lund D. Stanley Eitzen (red) Sport in Contemporary Society: An Anthology 10th ed., 344 sid Oxford University Press 2014 ISBN 978-0-19-020277-4 Denna bok är en klassiker inom det idrottssociologiska fältet i USA. Den...

Karin Redelius Institutionen för idrott och hälsovetenskap, Idrottshögskolan i Stockholm   I USA har det under större delen av 1900-talet funnits en allmän och vida spridd uppfattning...