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  • The Sociology of Sport

    A Manifesto for the 21st Century

    by Dominic Malcolm ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Sport, Culture and Society
    This book critically evaluates the historical accomplishments, current challenges and future opportunities of the sociology of sport, offering a bold new vision for the field's development in the 21st century.Unlike previous assessments that have portrayed the sociology of sport as being in crisis or decline, this book provides an empirically grounded analysis that situates disciplinary ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Sport, Medicine and Health

    The medicalization of sport?

    by Dominic Malcolm ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    The relationship between sport, medicine and health in our society is becoming increasingly complex. This important and timely study explores this relationship through an analysis of changing political economies, altered perceptions of the body and science’s developing contribution to the human condition. Surveying the various ways in which medicine interacts with the world of sport, it examines ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • The Concussion Crisis in Sport

    by Dominic Malcolm ...
    Concussion has become one of the most significant issues in contemporary sport. The life-changing impact of head injury and the possible threat that chronic traumatic encephalopathy poses to children and young athletes in particular is calling into question the long-term future of some of our most well-established sports. But what are the real issues behind the headlines and the public outcry, and ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Sport and Sociology

    by Dominic Malcolm ...
    Series series Frontiers of Sport
    How has our understanding of sport been shaped by sociological ideas?How can the study of sport help sociologists to understand wider society?The sociology of sport is a sub-discipline approaching maturity. This is the first book to stand back and reflect upon the subject’s growth, to trace its developmental phases and to take stock of the current fund of knowledge. It offers a ‘state of the art’ ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • The Changing Face of Cricket

    From Imperial to Global Game

    Edited by Dominic Malcolm, Jon Gemmell, Nalin Mehta ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    For cricket enthusiasts there is nothing to match the meaningful contests and excitement generated by the game’s subtle shifts in play. Conversely, huge swathes of the world’s population find cricket the most obscure and bafflingly impenetrable of sports. The Changing Face of Cricket attempts to account for this paradox.The Changing Face of Cricket provides an overview of the various ways in which ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

  • Sport and Society

    A Student Introduction

    Edited by Barrie Houlihan, Dr. Dominic Malcolm ...
    ′This third edition of Sport and Society, with contributions from some of the field’s most highly respected scholars, covers the myriad of complex, pervasive and global issues confronting sport in the 21st century. It continues to be a foundation text for students across most sport disciplines′- Russel Hoye, La Trobe University, Australia‘The third edition of Sport and Society reinforces its place ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • Sport Histories

    Figurational Studies of the Development of Modern Sports

    Edited by Eric Dunning, Dominic Malcolm, Ivan Waddington ...
    Sports Histories draws on figurational sociology to provide a fresh approach to analysing the development of modern sport. The book brings together ten case studies from a wide range of sports, including mainstream sports such as soccer, rugby, baseball, boxing and cricket, to other sports that until now have been largely neglected by sports historians, such as shooting, motor racing, tennis, ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Cricket in the 21st Century

    Edited by Souvik Naha, Dominic Malcolm ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    This book examines the ways in which cricket has reflected and reproduced some of the social and political tensions of the twenty-first century.Cricket’s struggle for global recognition and the shifting concerns about cricket’s perceived ‘character’ provide two of the most significant meta-narratives to shape the game’s historical and future development. However, in contrast to the degree of ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Eric Dunning and the Sociology of Sport

    Edited by Dominic Malcolm, Ivan Waddington ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    This book celebrates the life and career of Eric Dunning. Eric Dunning was a pioneer of the sociology of sport, firstly known for his ground-breaking theoretical work with Norbert Elias, and his study of the development of football. Subsequently he published seminal work on amateurism, professionalism and the development of rugby (with Kenneth Sheard) and on football hooliganism (with Patrick ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • The SAGE Dictionary of Sports Studies

    by Dr. Dominic Malcolm ...
    ′...a welcome addition to the literature in the rapidly expanding field of sports studies. It is up to date, comprehensive, and well and clearly written. Though primarily sociological in its orientation, it will help students -postgraduate and undergraduate alike and their teachers as well - to establish connections between the various sub-disciplines and guide them to sources which will enable ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • The Social Organization of Sports Medicine

    Critical Socio-Cultural Perspectives

    Edited by Dominic Malcolm, Parissa Safai ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    The Social Organization of Sports Medicine is the first book-length overview of the social scientific study of sports medicine, drawing together work from an international cadre of scholars who examine and provide interdisciplinary analysis of the dynamic and multi-faceted relationships between sports and medicine and within sports medicine. The book charts changing perceptions of sport within ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • Figurational Research in Sport, Leisure and Health

    Edited by Dominic Malcolm, Philippa Velija ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    Figurational sociology offers an important set of conceptual and methodological tools for helping us to understand sport, leisure and health and their relationship to wider society.This book brings together an international team of scholars working within the figurational tradition to explain the significance of figurational sociology in the development of the sociology of sport and to provide ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD