Tag: Richard Tacon

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: Studying professional women footballers: A reflexive commentary on being benched from recruitment by Laura Harris and Dawn E Trussell (open access).

The contributions in Good Governance in Sport: Critical Reflections, edited by Arnout Geeraert & Frank von Eekeren (Routledge) explore the different practical strategies that have been employed to achieve the implementation of good governance principles. In his review, H. Thomas R. Persson points out the link between the book and Play the Game, the Danish initiative promoting democracy, transparency, and freedom of expression in world sport, and concludes that the book is a welcome contribution to the good governance debate.

Drawing on primary research within voluntary sports clubs in the UK and secondary analysis of the wider international literature on social capital, Richard Tacon’s Social Capital and Sport Organisations (Routledge) focuses on the micro-processes of social capital development and how they play out in specific social settings. In his appreciative review, Karsten Elmose-Østerlund points out some unique features, such as a new conceptualization of social capital, and thorough qualitative case studies as empirical basis for his analyses.

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: Uncertainty of outcome, team quality or star players? What drives TV audience demand for UEFA Champions League football? by George Wills, Richard Tacon & Francesco Addesa.

While not such a big deal in Scandinavia, Fantasy Sport is very much so in the US and Canada, with 10% of the population playing and an industry turnover of $7.2 billion. Unsurprisingly it’s very much a man’s world, which makes Rebecca Joyce Kissane & Sarah Winslow’s Whose Game? Gender and Power in Fantasy Sports (Temple University Press) such a timely addition to the literature. But according to our reviewer Richard Tacon it is much more than that, it also offers an excellent introduction to the complex issue of gender and sport.

The European Sport Management Quarterly (ESMQ) publishes articles that contribute to our understanding of how sport organizations are structured, managed and operated. The Journal sets out to enhance our understanding of the role of sport management and sport bodies in social life and the way social, political and economic forces and practices affect these organizations.

The European Sport Management Quarterly (ESMQ) publishes articles that contribute to our understanding of how sport organizations are structured, managed and operated. The Journal sets out to enhance our understanding of the role of sport management and sport bodies in social life and the way social, political and economic forces and practices affect these organizations.s

In Sport Governance: International Case Studies, a number of sport researchers contribute to the pursuit of best sport governance practice. Pity then, says our reviewer Hallgeir Gammelsæter, that the editors Ian O'Boyle and Trish Bradbury fail to make use of the contributors’ findings.