Tag: Michael Hobson
Beneficial collection where the sum of its parts is greater than the whole
Roberts, Whigham, Culvin & Parnell’s edited collection Critical Issues in Football: A Sociological Analysis of the Beautiful Game (Routledge) sheds critical new light on key issues in contemporary football, with each chapter using a different theoretical lens. This leads our reviewer Arve Hjelseth to commending the inclusion of major sociological thinkers, but also to the conclusion that the book, which he considers a useful addition to the critical study of football, is not ‘a sociological analysis’ but rather many analyses. And that’s football for you.
Sport, Education and Society, Volume 25, 2020, Issue 5
SES encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ‘ABLE’ AND ‘LESS ABLE’ STUDENT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN NORWAY by Erik Aasland, Kristin Walseth & Gunn Engelsrud.
Sport, Education and Society, Volume 22, 2017, Issue 8
Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society as well as from all professionals with theoretical and empirical interests relating to policy, curriculum, social inclusion, equity and identity, and progressive educational development in physical activity, health and sport.
