Sports and Leisure Books

New and Published Books

1. Study Skills for Sports Studies

   By Tara Magdalinski

   Starting university can be a daunting prospect, as students come to grips with new ways of working, learning and thinking. Studying sport at university poses particular challenges, with students often engaged in playing or coaching sport alongside their studies and having unconventional working...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. Sport, Public Broadcasting, and Cultural Citizenship

   Signal Lost?

   Edited by Jay Scherer, David Rowe

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   This book examines the political debates over the access to live telecasts of sport in the digital broadcasting era. It outlines the broad theoretical debates, political positions and policy calculations over the provision of live, free-to-air telecasts of sport as a right of cultural citizenship....

   Published May 19th 2013 by Routledge
3. Sport and Nationalism in China

   By Zhouxiang Lu, Fan Hong

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   This is the first book to comprehensively map the relationships between sport, nationalism and nation building in China. By exploring the last 150 years of Chinese history, it offers unparalleled depth and breadth of coverage and provides a clear grasp of Chinese sports nationalism from both macro...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. Athletes' Careers Across Cultures

   Edited by Natalia B. Stambulova, Tatiana V. Ryba

   Series: International Perspectives on Key Issues in Sport and Exercise Psychology

   Athletes’ Careers Across Cultures is the first book of its kind to bring together a truly global spread of leading sports psychology career researchers and practitioners into one comprehensive resource. This extensive volume traces the evolution of athlete career research through a cultural lens...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
5. Towards a Social Science of Drugs in Sport

   Edited by Jason Mazanov

   Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives

   The debate around the role of drugs in sport is vibrant. There is a wealth of evidence from the hard end of science, telling us how drugs work, how drug testing works, and how many athletes have fallen foul of the system. The evidence from social science is still building momentum. For example,...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Politics of Sport

   Community, Mobility, Identity

   Edited by Paul Gilchrist, Russell Holden

   Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives

   Sport is an essential part of community structure, membership and identity. Whether on the field of play, in stadia, or on the streets, sport has consistently brought together disparate individuals to share culture, values and memories. Nowadays these relationships are being rewritten through the...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
7. Professional Practice in Sport Psychology

   A review

   Edited by Sheldon Hanton, Stephen Mellalieu

   Sport psychologists working with athletes, teams and sports performers are only as effective as their professional techniques and competencies will allow. This is the first book to offer a detailed and critical appraisal of the conceptual foundations of contemporary professional practice in sport...

   Published May 3rd 2013 by Routledge
8. Lifelong Engagement in Sport and Physical Activity

   Participation and Performance across the Lifespan

   Edited by Nicholas Holt, Margaret Talbot

   Series: ICSSPE Perspectives

   Sport and physical activity should now be understood as lifelong activity, beginning in childhood, and accessible to participants of all levels of ability. This book offers an overview of some of the core concerns underlying lifelong engagement in sport and physical activity, encompassing...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
9. Sport and the Transformation of Modern Europe

   States, media and markets 1950-2010

   Edited by Alan Tomlinson, Christopher Young, Richard Holt

   Series: CRESC

   In the modern era, sport has been an important agent, and symptom, of the political, cultural and commercial pressures for convergence and globalization. In this fascinating, inter-disciplinary study, leading international scholars explore the making of modern sport in Europe, illuminating sport...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
10. Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health

    Edited by Panteleimon Ekkekakis

    Series: Routledge International Handbooks

    A growing body of evidence shows that physical activity can be a cost-effective and safe intervention for the prevention and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems. As researchers and clinicians around the world look for evidence-supported alternatives and complements to established...

    Published April 22nd 2013 by Routledge