Tag: Wojciech Woźniak

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: Sport brand coexistence, competition and synergy: case study of the Sparta Prague ice hockey and football clubs by William Crossan, Jan Šíma & Michaela Kaprálková.

Emma Poulton’s edited collection Antisemitism in Football: International Perspectives (Routledge) investigates the nature and prevalence of expressions of antisemitism within the context of football mostly in Europe, and attempts to challenge and combat this problematic phenomenon. Björn Horgby found the collection, which deals with football-related antisemitism in ten countries, to be very informative if also a bit scattered, and he wishes that the contributions would have been guided by Poulton’s commendable categorization of antisemitism in her concluding chapter.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Daciada and Winter Sports in Romania, 1976–1989 by Simona Petracovschi, Martin Domokos & Eugen Bota (open access).

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Sport Hero Concept in Czechoslovakia: The Phenomenon of Emil Zátopek, 1948–1956 by Václav Pechman (open access).

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: Americans’ attitudes towards the U.S. women’s national soccer team by Rachel Allison, Adam Gemar & Stacey Pope.

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.

JSSI brings you the latest research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. In JSSI scholars study the impact of sport on social issues from many perspectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: BBC’S DOCUMENTARY “STADIUMS OF HATE” AND MANUFACTURING OF THE NEWS: CASE STUDY IN MORAL PANICS AND MEDIA MANIPULATION by Magdalena Rek-Woźniak and Wojciech Woźniak.

This book examines how fans develop political identities and how those identities can influence the wider political culture. It surveys the turbulent history of Poland in recent decades and explores the dominant right-wing ideology on the terraces, characterised by nationalism, ‘traditional’ values and anti-immigrant sentiment.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. As well as regular issues, the IJHS also offers regionally-focused issues on the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East, and special issues each year on significant topics and themes.