Tag: Radosław Kossakowski

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: Better to Have Played Than Not Played? Childhood Sport Participation, Dropout Frequencies and Reasons, and Mental Health in Adulthood by Laura Upenieks, Brendan Ryan, Chris Knoester

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: Banter and the rise of LGBTQ+ awareness in football cultures: a bourdieusian approach by Kevin Dixon, Jamie Cleland & Ellis Cashmore.

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: Beyond ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fans: exploring the mechanisms enabling football fans’ position as a stakeholder in the management of circulations 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: Enclaved non-heteronormativity and pragmatic acceptance. The experiences of Polish female football players by Natalia Organista and Radosław Kossakowski.

The Political Football Stadium: Identity Discourses and Power Struggle, edited by Başak Alpan, Albrecht Sonntag & Katarzyna Herd (Palgrave Macmillan) focuses on the football stadium as a political space and examines how stadiums can be viewed as the objects and catalysts of political change. Alan Bairner has read a well-researched and informative tome with a wealth of interesting materials, but he is still able to suggest a couple of politically interesting stadiums to include in a second volume.

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: ‘Full speed ahead Barcelona’: the social construction of Roy Keane’s 1999 semi-final performance versus Juventus by Steph Doehler (open access).

In Female Fans, Gender Relations and Football Fandom: Challenging the Brotherhood Culture (Routledge), Honorata Jakubowska, Dominik Antonowicz and Radosław Kossakowski assesses the transformation of Polish football fan culture from a gender perspective. In their review, Payam Ansari and Gary Sinclair point out that female fandom in men’s football is not that different from male fandom; however, it takes a bit of effort, and male mentorship, for female fans to be accepted into the stands.

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: The Football Association's Women’s Super League and female soccer fans: fan engagement and the importance of supporter clubs by Anika Leslie-Walker & Claire Mulvenna.

Academics in various disciplines are 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. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: They are not ‘Team New Zealand’ or the ‘New Zealand’ Warriors! An exploration of pseudo-nationalism in New Zealand sporting franchises by Damion Sturm, Tom Kavanagh & Robert E. Rinehart.

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: ’The social perception of the Colombian National Women’s Football Team towards local media by Daniela Santos Velasco, Santiago Restrepo Chavarro & Laura Camila Sarmiento Marulanda.