Tag: Yue Meng-Lewis

The Geopolitical Economy of Sport: Power, Politics, Money, and the State edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop & Michael M. Goldman (Routledge), is the first book to define and explore the geopolitical economy of sport where power, politics, money, and state intersect. Harald Dolles is our reviewer, and while lauding many aspects of the book and the editors’ efforts, he points to the dangers of obsolescence as well as finding several instances where the book not quite measures up to reasonable demands of scholarly astuteness.

C&S is a cutting-edge peer-reviewed quarterly that publishes research to foster international scholarly understanding of the nexus of communication and sport that engages a broad intellectual community. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Covering the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as the Recovery Olympics After Fukushima by Yasuhito Abe (open access).

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: ‘Nobody needs a label’: responses on Facebook to a Team GB equity, diversity and inclusion initiative by Tracey J. Devonport, Kath Leflay, Kay Biscomb, Helen Richardson-Walsh, Kate Richardson-Walsh & Michael Thelwall.

Managing Sport and Leisure is a refereed journal that publishes high quality research articles to inform and stimulate discussions relevant to sport and leisure management globally. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The other ISL: analysing the finances of the Indian Super League (football) and its franchisees by Sarthak Mondal, Daniel Plumley & Rob Wilson (open access).