Tag: Martin Roderick

ESMQ publishes articles that contribute to our understanding of sport organizations. The Journal sets out to enhance our understanding of the role of sport management and sport bodies in social life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Understanding the interplay between event communications and local business decision-making using signalling theory: the case of the 2018 Commonwealth Games by Joan Carlini, Alana Thomson, Andrew O’Neil & Amelia Green.

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.

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: “I JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE”: NOVEL SOCIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO DRAMATURGICAL DEMANDS ON PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES by Martin Roderick and Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson

The purpose of the Sociology of Sport Journal 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.

The purpose of the Sociology of Sport Journal 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.

På självaste Världshälsodagen publicerar vi Suzanne Lundvalls kritiskt granskande recension av antologin Health and Elite Sport: Is High Performance Sport a Healthy Pursuit?, sammanställd av Joseph Baker, Parissa Safai & Jessica Fraser-Thomas (Routledge). Boken ger ett nordamerikanskt perspektiv på idrott och idrottsutövande.

The Research Process in Sport, Exercise and Health: Case Studies of Active Researchers, sammanställd av Rich Neil, Sheldon Hanton, Scott Fleming & Kylie Wilson är en ny lärobok för forskarutbildning på grundnivå som bygger på verkliga case. Den recenseras av Andreas Ivarsson .