Tag: William Bridel

The International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics is published by Routledge, and aims to publish articles that address all aspects of sport policy irrespective of academic discipline. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: To let go or to control? Depoliticisation and (re)politicisation in Chinese football by Qi Peng, Shushu Chen & Craig Berry (open access).

The International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics is published by Routledge, and aims to publish articles that address all aspects of sport policy irrespective of academic discipline. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Closed due to COVID-19: effects of indoor sports restrictions on suburban adults’ physical activity behaviours by Ilkka Virmasalo, Elina Hasanen, Janne Pyykönen, Marisofia Nurmi, Mikko Simula, Anna-Katriina Salmikangas & Petteri Muukkonen (open access).

Leisure / Loisir strives to publish a diverse collection of scholarly papers in all areas of leisure, recreation, arts, parks, sport, and travel and tourism. Reflecting the multi- and interdisciplinary nature of these areas of study. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: A pragmatic approach to measuring physical literacy and behavioural outcomes in youth with and without disabilities by Kelly P. Arbour-Nicitopoulos, Emily Bremer, Jennifer Leo & F. Virginia Wright.

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: Toward a Theory of Sportswashing: Mega-Events, Soft Power, and Political Conflict by Jules Boykoff (open access)

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘I’m glad I can walk, but sometimes it’s so challenging that it’s an inconvenience to myself and others’: physical activity experiences among individuals with spinal cord injury who ambulate by Sarah Lawrason, Jennifer Tomasone, Kenedy Olsen & Kathleen Martin Ginis.

Tobias Stark reviews two books on concussions in sport, The Concussion Crisis in Sport, by Dominic Malcolm, and Sociocultural Examinations of Sports Concussions, by Matt Ventresca & Mary G. McDonald (eds.), both published by Routledge. Our reviewer is firmly convinced that both books are vital – maybe even life-saving – contributions to the rapidly growing academic literature on sport and health issues related to the concussion crisis

Leisure / Loisir strives to publish a diverse collection of scholarly papers in all areas of leisure, recreation, arts, parks, sport, and travel and tourism. Reflecting the multi- and interdisciplinary nature of these areas of study. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: STRIVING FOR NEWCOMER INCLUSION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CANADIAN INTRO TO SPORT PROGRAMMES by Simon Barrick, William Bridel & Joan Bard Miller.

Endurance, or long-distance, running means at least 5k, and usually much longer. Øyvind F. Standal has read a new edited volume about this phenomenon, Endurance Running: A socio-cultural examination by William Bridel, Pirkko Markula & Jim Denison (Routledge) that sheds light on this physically and mentally demanding sport.