Tag: Steve Georgakis

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: Indicators for measuring effectiveness and impact of international sporting events in Taiwan by Yu Huang, Chien-ming Hsu & James J. Zhang.

TPE is one of the longest standing journals providing research-based articles relating to physical education, health, recreation, dance, exercise science, sports medicine, and sports management. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Perceptions of Universally Designed Adventure Education in High School Physical Education by Nick Faulds, Zack Beddoes.

Sociology for Physical Education and Sports Coaching by Richard L. Light and Steve Georgakis (Routledge) introduces an accessible, jargon-free foundation for understanding the relationships between sport, education, and wider society. Our reviewers Norwegian sport sociologist Jan ove Tangen, is not impressed – not by the idea to boil down complex scholarly matter into a 122 page book, and not by the result. Which is not to say that the book is not important, only that it doesn’t live up to the standards that the authors themselves set up.

The collected volume Softpower, Soccer, Supremacy: The Chinese Dream by J.A. Mangan, Peter Horton & Christian Tagsold (Peter Lang) looks at Xi Jinping’s “Soccer Revolution”, the most extensive politicization and geo-politicization of the Global Game. Oliver Rick, well acquainted with sports in China, considers the book an important collection that provides keen insights into the role of football in China’s politics in the Southeast. He does have reservations though, regarding the inclusion of an Australian perspective.

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: ‘An institutional history of the physical education in the Lebanon by Elias Saad & Fabrice Delsahut.

International Sports Studies is a scholarly journal in the field of physical education and sport with a unique focus. Its aim is to advance understanding and communication between members of the global community who share a professional, personal or scholarly interest in the state and development of physical education and sport around the world.