Tag: Jonathan Long

Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Should I stay (at home) or should I go (to the stadium)? Why will some football supporters not return to the stadium after the COVID-19 pandemic in German Bundesliga? by Uwe Wilkesmann.

EJSS’ function is to enable an international discussion about current issues and to foster collaboration between researchers from all social scientific sub-disciplines. It’s published 4 times per year. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The representation of the ‘refugee crisis’ and ‘sport’ in the German Press: an analysis of newspaper discourse by Enrico Michelini.

Academics in various disciplines are contributing to Sport in Society, a forum for discussing the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘(SIMPLY) THE BEST’, OR REMEMBERING WHEN TINA TURNER MET THE WINFIELD CUP: NOSTALGIA AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHENTICITY IN RUGBY LEAGUE ONLINE SPACES by Karl Spracklen & Lee Spracklen.

Leisure Studies is the journal of the Leisure Studies Association. The emphasis of the journal is on theoretically informed critical analyses within the social sciences and humanities of the wide range of topics that constitute leisure as a subject field – including the arts, tourism, cultural, informal and virtual activities, urban and rural recreation, sport, media and physical activities.

Annals of Leisure Research publishes refereed articles which promote the development of research and scholarship in leisure studies. Annals is aimed at an international readership and seeks theoretical or applied articles which cover any topic within the broad area of leisure studies.

The considerable growth of interest in commerce, media and politics and their relationship to sport in international academia has resulted in academics in various disciplines 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.

Soccer and Society is the first international journal devoted to the world’s most popular game. It covers all aspects of soccer globally from anthropological, cultural, economic, historical, political and sociological perspectives.

Social och ekonomisk ojämlikhet ökar i ett globalt perspektiv, och i rättan tid utkommer en ny antologi från Routledge, Sport, Leisure and Social Justice, sammanställd av Jonathan Long, Thomas Fletcher & Beccy Watson. Ørnulf Seippel har läst den med blandade känslor, men slutintrycket är att många läsare kan hitta något nytt och framåtsyftande.

Performance enhancement may be linked to productivity, identity, social capital or pleasure, while health is envisaged broadly as absence of disease, optimal functioning, and well-being. Performance Enhancement & Health (PEH) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that critically explores the health implications of pharmacological, genetic, psychological and other technological enhancements of the human being.

Christian Widholm Södertörns högskola  Jonathan Long & Karl Spracklen (red) Sport and Challenges to Racism 283 sidor, inb. Basingstoke, Hamps.: Palgrave Macmillan 2011 (Global Culture and Sport) ISBN 978-0-230-23615-8 Antologin Sport and Challenges to Racism syftar till att upplysa beslutsfattare inom idrottssektorn och akademiker om rasismens natur och utbredning inom idrotten (s. 10). Redaktörerna för antologin går sålunda i polemik mot uppfattningen att rasismen hela tiden minskar till följd av att...