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    Sport in the Service of Religion

    'Sport' and 'religion' are cultural institutions with a global reach. Each is characterised by ritualised performance and by the ecstatic devotion of its followers, whether in the sports arena or the cathedral of worship. This fascinating collection is the first to examine, in detail, the relationship between these two cultural institutions from an international, religiously pluralistic ... Read more

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  • Routledge Handbook of International Statebuilding

    This new Handbook offers a combination of theoretical, thematic and empirical analyses of the statebuilding regime, written by leading international scholars.Over the past decade, international statebuilding has become one of the most important and least understood areas of international policy-making. Today, there are around one billion people living in some 50-60 conflict-affected, 'fragile' ... Read more

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  • Making the Rugby World

    Race, Gender, Commerce

    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    This book explores the expansion of rugby from its imperial and amateur upper-class white male core into other contexts throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The development of rugby in the racially divided communities of the setter empire and how this was viewed are explored initially. Then the editors turn to four case studies of rugby's expansion beyond the bounds of the ... Read more

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  • Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity

    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    This text looks at how an understanding of rugby can provide insight into what it has meant to "be a man" in societies influenced by the ideals of Victorian upper and middle classes. It shows that rugby has been a means of promoting male exclusivity, but also been a means of cultural incorporation. ... Read more

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  • Disruption by Design in Higher Education

    A Leader's Guide to Accelerated Transformation

    Disruption by Design in Higher Education delivers a clear assessment of the headwinds confronting colleges and universities, offering a comprehensive set of strategies for implementing purposeful and timely change management.With institutions facing closures and mergers at an alarming rate, each chapter equips leaders with ready-to-use environmental assessment tools to establish a diagnostic ... Read more

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