Tag: Simon Darcy

By exploring past, current, and future intersections between leisure and health, Exploring the Leisure–Health Nexus: Pushing Global Boundaries (CABI) considers research and academic thought to reveal and critique the nuanced ways that leisure impacts health as well as considering how health professions use leisure as a ‘tool’. We asked health educator and currently PhD researcher My Blomberg for a review. She finds the collected volume to make an original contribution to the leisure–health field, and especially appreciates its multidisciplinary approach to understanding the leisure–health nexus with a diverse population focus.

Now in its thirteenth year, A. J. Veal’s and Simon Darcy’s Research Methods in Sport Studies and Sport Management: A Practical Guide (Routledge) is still considered an essential companion for any sport-related degree course. Klara Boije af Gennäs explains why by noting the pedagogical design – test questions, case studies, etc – as well as its both theoretical and practical orientation. She is less happy with the insufficient elaborations on qualitative methods and the unfortunate placing of references.

Event Management, an International Journal, has been meeting the research, educational, and analytic needs of the rapidly growing profession focused on global events for more than 20 years. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: "We … We Had Fun, We Did Have Fun": Long-term Sport Event Outcomes and Community Tensions by Kerri Bodin & Marijke Taks.

Leisure Sciences presents scientific inquiries into the study of leisure, recreation, parks, travel, and tourism from a social science perspective. Articles cover the social and psychological aspects of leisure, and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: A Comparison of Hiking Communities on the Appalachian and Pacific Crest Trails by Kristi M. Fondren & Richard Brinkman.

SBM promotes the development of a coherent, high-quality body of work that examines both the business and management of sport, as well as the actors and stakeholders that align with sport to further their strategic objectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Exploring the accessibility of sport stadia for people with disability: towards the development of a Stadium Accessibility Scale (SAS) by Paul J. Kitchin, Juan Luis Paramio-Salcines, Simon Darcy, Geoff Walters.

JSM encourages the submission of manuscripts in a number of areas as they relate to the management, governance, and consumption of sport. Studies using quantitative and/or qualitative approaches are welcomed. The The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Political Economy of Mass Sport Participation Legacies From Large-Scale Sport Events: A Conceptual Paper by Alana Thomson, Kristine Toohey, Simon Darcy.

Social Inclusion is a peer-reviewed open access journal, which provides academics and policy-makers with a forum to discuss and promote a more socially inclusive society. The journal encourages researchers to publish their results on topics related to social and cultural inclusion The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: (RE)FORMING THE INSIDE/OUTSIDE: ON PLACE AS A GOVERNABLE DOMAIN THROUGH SPORTS-BASED INTERVENTIONS by David Ekholm and Magnus Dahlstedt.

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.

Elisabet Apelmo har skrivit en ingående, kunnig och läsvärd recension av två antologier från Routledge som från olika utgångspunkter behandlar idrott och funktionsnedsättning.